=====Secure Server Build===== ====Enable Sha512 hashing for all password encryption==== First, edit the file **/etc/pam.d/system-auth** to ensure that sha512 is used by the pam unix.so module in the password section, replacing any other algorithms (such as md5, bigcrypt, blowfish, or sha256) with sha512, as shown: password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok Second, edit the file **/etc/login.defs** to add or correct the following lines: MD5_CRYPT_ENAB no ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512 Third, edit the file **/etc/libuser.conf** to add or correct the following line: crypt_style = sha512