This seems to be a config file option of grub-md5-crypt, and has nothing to do with cryptsetup, dm-crypt or LUKS. If I understand the documentation correctly, this is an md5-ed password that either secures interactive Grub mode or prevents script continuation before password entry. The format seems to be the same as in /etc/shadow for md5 passwords. You can read up on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_password Arno On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:17:16AM -0400, ken wrote: > > In grub/menu.lst file my /boot partition is a line like this: > > password --md5 $1$Mb9vxXPV$pAbcdTxr4Twh32XXgns2/ > > The last bit is 35 characters long. > > > Is this the hash digest of the passphrase? Is the final slash character > (/) just another character or is it in some way especially significant? > > tnx > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
