git: 2666a5d12e - main - handbook: Add new crypt formats, and a pointer to futureproof this.

Ceri Davies <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
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The branch main has been updated by ceri:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=2666a5d12ec2654b8730a45a17dba2d48fdb5664

commit 2666a5d12ec2654b8730a45a17dba2d48fdb5664
Author:     Ceri Davies <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2021-06-14 13:10:59 +0000
Commit:     Ceri Davies <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2021-06-14 13:11:48 +0000

    handbook: Add new crypt formats, and a pointer to futureproof this.
---
 documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc
index 14a9e888b2..1100c915eb 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc
+++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc
@@ -1238,8 +1238,9 @@ default:\
 	[Further entries elided]
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-In this example, the system is using the DES format.
-Other possible values are `blf` for Blowfish and `md5` for MD5 encrypted passwords.
+In this example, the system is using the DES format for password hashing.
+Other possible values include `blf` for Blowfish, `md5` for MD5, `sha256` and `sha512` for SHA-256 and SHA-512 respectively.
+For more information and the up to date list of what is available on your system, consult the man:crypt[3] manpage.
 
 If the format on a host needs to be edited to match the one being used in the NIS domain, the login capability database must be rebuilt after saving the change:
 
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