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Generate hashed password string

If you manually want to change the password field in the shadow file, the md5 hashed string can be generated like this:

# openssl passwd -1 <strongpassword>
Where the parameter <strongpassword> is the password in clear text.
Output will a md5 hased string like this:
$1$t/Y0/ENi$PccO/XwuuZb4q/uhfh4Yf0
generate_hashed_password_string.1367565754.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/05/03 07:22 by root