Re: How to decrypt rootpassword form kickstart file

[m.roth@xxxxxxxxx]

Warren Young wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2015, at 11:08 PM, Jegadeesh Kumar <jegasmile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> # Root password
>> rootpw --iscrypted $1$1SItJOAg$UM9n7lRFK1/OCs./rgQtQ/
>> # System authorization information
>> auth  --useshadow  --passalgo=sha512
>
> Those two settings are inconsistent.  The $1 at the beginning of that
> crypt(3) string means it’s an MD5 password.
>
>> Is there any way to decry pt the password and get it as plain text.
<snip>

This is all interesting, but I've got one dumb question: why do you need
to decrypt it?

      mark

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