Hi,
Thanks for the confirmation :-)
Sincerely,
Jason Lim
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: Salt for /etc/shadow and passwd?
> -. Jason Lim (2001-07-18) :
> |
> | Okay... I wasn't thinking. The salt is stored within the crypted
password
> | generated, which is why password crackers work.
>
> Yes, with crypt(3) the salt is precisely the first two characters.
>
> -tom
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