des-crypt uses the first two chars from the encrypted char[13] string as
salt.
md5-crypt (a gnu extension) uses as slightly different approach
Micah wrote:
When comparing a supplied password with a stored pw using crypt(), what salt
should I use? Doesn't this have to match the salt originally used to generate
the crypt()'d password?
try it. The original salt will be there in the encrypted password: the
first two chars.
I haven't dealt with this function before. Sorry if it's a dumb question.
try:
man 3 crypt.
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