A.2. Generic configuration variables

These settings is used by all the different eurephia modules, like the eurephia-auth OpenVPN plug-in or the eurephiadm command.

A.2.1. Password hash

These variables are related to the password hash configuration. All of them must be set, but they can be changed over time without affecting the functionality of the already stored passwords.

These parameters are the first to be set when eurephia_init is run. The minimum and maximum hash rounds are bechmarked for you with this tool to find more suitable numbers for the hardware eurephia will be running on.

A.2.1.1. passwordhash_salt_length

Sets number of bytes to use for the password hash salt. The purpose is the salt is to make sure the password hash is different even if some users use the same password.

A.2.1.2. passwordhash_rounds_min

Sets the minimum number of hashing rounds to perform when calculating new password hashes. See Section 4.3.1.1, “Why these minimum/maximum values?” for more information.

A.2.1.3. passwordhash_rounds_max

Sets the maximum number of hashing rounds to perform when calculating new password hashes. See Section 4.3.1.1, “Why these minimum/maximum values?” for more information.