documentation_complete: true

title: Password Hashing algorithm

description: |-
    Specify the system default encryption algorithm for encrypting passwords.
    Defines the value set as ENCRYPT_METHOD in /etc/login.defs.

type: string

operator: equals

interactive: false

options:
    default: SHA512
    SHA512: SHA512
    SHA256: SHA256
    yescrypt: YESCRYPT
    cis_ubuntu2204: SHA512|YESCRYPT
    cis_ubuntu2404: SHA512|YESCRYPT
    cis_rhel8: YESCRYPT|SHA512
    cis_rhel10: YESCRYPT|SHA512
    cis_fedora: YESCRYPT|SHA512
