Comments on: Generating sha512 passwords http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/11/generating-sha512-passwords/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dan http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/11/generating-sha512-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 dan Tue, 03 May 2011 15:01:03 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=292#comment-5389 "mkpasswd -m sha-512" saved the day for me. 10x “mkpasswd -m sha-512″ saved the day for me. 10x

]]> By: btm http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/11/generating-sha512-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 btm Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:29:23 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=292#comment-4792 This worked a year ago, see the newer post <a href="http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/12/07/scripting-the-root-password-on-ubuntu-910-karmic/">Scripting the root password on Ubuntu 9.10...</a> (in the pingback) for a newer method. "mkpasswd -m sha-512" still works on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid). chpasswd on Ubuntu probably isn't the same program as chpasswd on Gentoo, as is often the case when you switch operating systems. mkpasswd used to come from the whois package on Ubuntu and now comes from its own package. Some brief time on Google leads me to starting with 'app-crypt/cli-crypt'. This worked a year ago, see the newer post Scripting the root password on Ubuntu 9.10… (in the pingback) for a newer method. “mkpasswd -m sha-512″ still works on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid).

chpasswd on Ubuntu probably isn’t the same program as chpasswd on Gentoo, as is often the case when you switch operating systems. mkpasswd used to come from the whois package on Ubuntu and now comes from its own package. Some brief time on Google leads me to starting with ‘app-crypt/cli-crypt’.

]]> By: Gabe http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/11/generating-sha512-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-4790 Gabe Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:02:28 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=292#comment-4790 This solution doesn't seem to be very cross-platform, because on Ubuntu 10.10 at leas (since Ubuntu is explicitly mentioned): ubuntu@ip-xxxxxxxx~$ echo cjwatson:foo | chpasswd -S -c SHA512 chpasswd: invalid option -- 'c' Usage: chpasswd [options] Options: -h, --help display this help message and exit -S, --stdout report encrypted passwords to stdout instead of changing the passwd file Similarly, on Gentoo: $ /usr/sbin/chpasswd --help Usage: chpasswd [options] Options: -h, --help display this help message and This solution doesn’t seem to be very cross-platform, because on Ubuntu 10.10 at leas (since Ubuntu is explicitly mentioned):

ubuntu@ip-xxxxxxxx~$ echo cjwatson:foo | chpasswd -S -c SHA512
chpasswd: invalid option — ‘c’
Usage: chpasswd [options]

Options:
-h, –help display this help message and exit
-S, –stdout report encrypted passwords to stdout
instead of changing the passwd file

Similarly, on Gentoo:

$ /usr/sbin/chpasswd –help
Usage: chpasswd [options]

Options:
-h, –help display this help message and

]]> By: Scripting the root password on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) at btm.geek http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/11/generating-sha512-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 Scripting the root password on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) at btm.geek Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:17:22 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=292#comment-2542 [...] uses PAM, and has dropped the -e option used above, as well as the -c option that I’d used to generate sha512 encrypted passwords. You’ll want to use mkpasswd from the whois package (yeah, weird) for that now, such [...] [...] uses PAM, and has dropped the -e option used above, as well as the -c option that I’d used to generate sha512 encrypted passwords. You’ll want to use mkpasswd from the whois package (yeah, weird) for that now, such [...]

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