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crypt and passwords



On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:30:02PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
  
> So, if you instead try this:
> 
>  $ ./cryptprint 'myrealpassword' '$1$FOOWOmC8$' 
> 
> ...you should get something that matches the encrypted password in
> your passwd file entry.  Hopefully.  ;-)

FWIW, I compiled your code on my system with no modifications,
compiled with the same options (though I specified the name of the
compiler as gcc rather than cc, out of habit), and then ran it passing
the key and salt in the right order, and it worked perfectly for me.

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Derek D. Martin
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