Hi,<br><br>I noticed that some MacPorts require, on Mac OS X, user accounts with <span style="font-weight: bold;">crypt</span> password types. For example, the OpenLDAP MacPort creates a user named ldap but interestingly the ldap user created is also created with a &quot;crypt&quot; password. Same thing for the Dbus (Message Bus) and PostgreSQL Server user accounts.
<br><br>Is there a reason why crypt passwords are used and should they be changed to a different type of password such as a Shadow Password?<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>T.M.<br><br><br><br><br>