2009/1/14 tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> > What it is depends on what encryption routines you have installed. >> >> The algorithm to authenticate detects the algorithm based on the hash. >> >> 32-char : MD5 >> $1$ : SHA-1 >> $2$ : SHA-2 >> etc. >> (Apologies if I got my tokens/algorithms wrong) >> >> If you just toss MD5s in there, it should work, I think, if you have MD5 >> installed and available. >> >> It picks the best available when it adds a new entry. >> >> So an old file might look like: >> >> #your box came with MD5 installed >> joe:MD5 >> alice:MD5 >> #you installed SHA-2 >> bob:SHA-2 >> lee:SHA-2 >> >> At least, that's been my experience so far... >> > > > The problem I have is that the sever I'm working on is not mine, thus no > way for me to get shell access. > > I assumed that the server used a different encoding than MD5 because the > string it generates is very short, such as: > > jYYjNLrifgUxk > > Clearly this is not MD5 encoding and thus the reason for my original post. > > I do have before and after examples I could use to identify what algorithm > was used. I just need to know what algorithms could have been used and (if > it's not too much to ask) working example of each. > > Cheers, > Did you read: http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php ?I think if you just use crypt() it will work just fine. Those "short" Hashes would then be DES (i think this is standard on UNIX/Linux Server) -eddy
