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The sunmd5 password hash is implemented in CDDL code. We should disable it for maximum license compatibility. Relevant Fedora legal discussion: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3EYJWGGG4K2DWE3S2O25I2YHTJZKC6QS/
Reported upstream: https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/issues/7
libxcrypt-4.0.1-2.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-10e0884596
libxcrypt-4.0.1-3.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-10e0884596
libxcrypt-4.0.1-3.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
libxcrypt now ships a BSD licensed implementation of the SUNMD5 password hashing algorithm [1]. Re-enabling support for it with v4.1.0 release. [1] https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/commit/9197a77826124683e39ef123f5e57058e358e225