# # and the default setting.
# };
#
-# The encrypted password is optional. If you wish to encrypt your
-# password, there is a utility in the ircd. Please read the file
-# tools/README.
+# By default, the password is hashed using the system's native crypt()
+# function. Other password mechanisms are available; the umkpasswd
+# utility from the ircd directory can hash passwords using those
+# mechanisms.
+#
# All privileges are shown with their default values; if you wish to
# override defaults, you should set only those privileges for the
# operator. Listing defaulted privileges just makes things harder to