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Re: help: passwd file
From: |
Peter Ajamian |
Subject: |
Re: help: passwd file |
Date: |
Fri, 18 May 2001 18:00:45 -0700 |
Andy Nuss wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to create entries
> in the passwd file. Somewhere a few days
> ago I saw the hash-algorithm posted on the net,
> but can't find it now.
>
> Does anyone know this doc? Or is there a script
> that has been written?
Try the CVSPwd2 program available at http://www.pajamian.dhs.org
> Note: I can't seem to find the answer on my Linux 7.2
> system,
There is no such thing as a Linux 7.2 system. The latest stable release
of Linux is 2.4.x, The latest stable distribution of RedHat Linux is 7.1,
I don't know what the numbering scheme is of other distributions.
> as I don't know the "salt" used by both
> Linux and by CVS.
The salt is simply any two characters from the set [A-Za-z./] as
documented in the crypt(3) man page. It is used as a sort of encryption
key against the password to generate an encrypted password (yes I know
that the password itself is actually the "key"). CVSPwd2 generates a
random two character salt for each password it generates.
Regards, Peter