From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:09:46 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml: Document that other programs may still default... 
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man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml: Document that other programs may still default to DES

Link: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/1691>
Cc: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
Cc: Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.de>
Cc: Iker Pedrosa <ipedrosa@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Vetter <jubalh@iodoru.org>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml b/man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml
index 747b24f55..61e4025fd 100644
--- a/man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml
+++ b/man/login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml
@@ -26,5 +26,12 @@
       PAM configuration. It is recommended to set this variable
       consistently with the PAM configuration.
     </para>
+    <para>
+      History:
+      This variable is used by other programs,
+      which may still default to unsafe algorithms such as DES.
+      To avoid using unsafe algorithms,
+      the variable should always be specified.
+    </para>
   </listitem>
 </varlistentry>