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md5 Uncertainity in GRUB
From: |
Ashutosh Naik |
Subject: |
md5 Uncertainity in GRUB |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:26:34 -0800 (PST) |
Hi,
I am running GNU GRUB ver 0.92 on Red Hat 8.0
When I use the md5crypt command to encrypt a password,
I get different strings everytime.
grub> md5crypt
Password: ********
Encrypted: $1$GDrrA0$w2I13OL9zS4h5bLqX05vY1
grub> md5crypt
Password: ********
Encrypted: $1$VGrrA0$qAsIzN.0w/L1oJzMfJZdY/
The password string in both cases was entered
'ashutosh'
Its obivious that now, when I insert the following
line in the grub configuration file, /etc/grub.conf
password --md5 $1$GDrrA0$w2I13OL9zS4h5bLqX05vY1
It wont(and doesnt) work.. As the password I enter
hashes to a different string every time.
Whats the use of entering a md5 hash in the
configuration file anyway then ?
And how do I get over this problem, in case I have
overlooked anything ?
Regards and Thanks
Ashutosh
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Ashutosh Naik <=