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generating linux passwords using openssl
i'm messing around with taking a plain text password and running
openssl passwd -salt <characters> <passphrase>
to compare the outcome with entries in my /etc/shadow file. the output i
am seeing from this command is very different from the output i see in
/etc/shadow.
for example, in /etc/shadow, i see:
test:$1$1pqC/5DL$d/xHPgKHEilQeSqcArGNP0
test is a user whose passphrase is "charles"
i think that the salt for this password is "$1$" (the first three
characters, right?)
when i run:
openssl passwd -salt $1$ charles
i get:
$AdaOyvpHrybM
which is considerably different. the only options i see for encryption
methods under openssl are -apr1 for md5 and -crypt which is the default
and is standard unix encryption.
why such a difference in the two hashes?
thanks -charles
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