[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkgUir7k_amh9RFp4D3QutX1fGh_nd7ko4" nickname="Philipp" subject="Passwords in PrivData" date="2014-12-13T18:25:23Z" content=""" I wonder if there could be a shortcut in PrivData handling that hashes the input with crypt() instead of passing it raw to a machine. For instance passwords are stored in plain on the target machines, while this is not required to set the password in shadow: the hash would suffice. I think this page should at least spell out that fact. """]]