Sun Management Console doesn't support MD5 passwords?

I recently converted all our Sun systems to use MD5 passwords, using the Linux-BSD algorithm. I chose the Linux-BSD algorithm for compatibility reasons. After giving root a new password, now stored in MD5 format, I can no longer log in to the Sun Management Console (smc). I had the same problem with DB2. Switching root's password back to CRYPT fixed the issue.

Is this a known problem that Sun is working on? And how does this happen? Shouldn't the application leave authentication to the OS?

Mark

[520 byte] By [MarkDrummond] at [2007-11-26 10:30:08]