Default password hash

[Robert Simmons]

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:
> On 6/9/2012 9:19 AM, someone wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> what is needed to change from md5 to sha512 ? As all old passwd are md5, I imagine there is a
>> sequence of steps not to lock me out of the box. is there any place that documents this ?
> change the users passwd to something new, or just use the old passwd,
> but re-enter it

Bad idea.  Never reuse an old password.