might crypt(3) be of use here? i dont know where one might get the char *salt value from...
danb (not cc-ed intentionally) On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 01:03:45AM -0600, Spencer Ogden wrote: > The perl module Crypt::PasswdMD5 seems to be what you want. It seems like > it might need a little tweaking. > > Spencer > > On Thursday 31 October 2002 12:22 am, Jeff Strunk wrote: > > ----- Forwarded message from Justin Georgeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- > > > > Since I already receive over 300 emails a day from mailing lists, and > > only have one question for siglinux, could you relay a question for me? > > > > I am looking for a way to generate md5 password hashes, like those that > > go in /etc/shadow, from the command line. Be it a perl module or what, I > > just want to be able to issue a single command, giving it the string to > > generate the hash from, and get back the has, via stdout or dumped to a > > file. Using passwd requires an account, and I'd rather not have a dummy > > account just for getting password hashes. I tried putting the string in > > a text file (no newline at the end) and running md5sum on it, but that > > didn't give the same has as in /etc/shadow. Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux -- Daniel Brown UTACM President UTCS Undergraduate _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
