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Password Generation during RH Linux 6.x Installation


From: wrl () SUMMITPRO COM (William R. Lorenz)
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:21:42 -0400


BugTraq'ers,

It seems as though, when entering a root password during RH Linux 6.x
installation, the generated password, stored in the shadowed passwords file
(/etc/shadow) does not contain a salt.  This has occured on three separate
machines, and after the root password is changed using the `passwd` command,
the salt is included in the encrypted password, as it should be.  Can anyone
confirm this observation and provide more details?  Thanks, in advance.

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