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Bug#518018: installation-guide: Appendix B: mkpasswd example wrong

tag 518018 pending thanks On Tuesday 03 March 2009, Rene Engelhard wrote: What is working is the following: echo -n r00tme | mkpasswd -s -m md5 because echo then omits the \n which would end up into the hash otherwise... Thanks for reporting René. I've used 'printf' instead of 'echo -n'

Bug#518018: installation-guide: Appendix B: mkpasswd example wrong

Subject: installation-guide: Appendix B: mkpasswd call wrong Package: installation-guide Version: 20081208 Severity: normal Hi, the mkpasswd example call in the examples for passwd/root-password-crypted says echo r00tme | mkpasswd -s -m md5 but that didn't work for me. (I can't log in with