echo -n "string" | md5sum echo normally appends a \n, so you need to tell it not to do that. /Brian/ On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 08:34, Karan Saberwal wrote: > Hi all > > I am having the following problem : > > I want to take a string from a user and generate an MD5 hash for it . The > cmd line utility "md5sum" does it for files etc , but I got a hash by giving > : > > $echo "string" | md5sum > > The problem is that this string does not generate the same hash as that > generated by GRUB . > > Since anaconda prompts for the boot-loader password during installation , I > tried to trace the module for generating the MD5 hash .But I am unable to > > find it . Could someone please throw some light on it ? > > Karan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list -- Brian Long | | | Americas IT Hosting Sys Admin | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s
