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How to find the hashing algorithm used to hash passwords?

August 9, 2022 by Magenaut

I have the working password and can see the hash (/etc/passwd). How do I find the hashing algorithm used to hash the password, without manually trying different algorithms until I find a match?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags hashsum, passwd Leave a comment

Why is the password I entered not visible?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Below is the process I took to create a user on bash in Linux.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags command-line, passwd, password, terminal Leave a comment

Difference between ! vs !! vs * in /etc/shadow

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

The second field in the Linux /etc/shadow file represents a password. However, what we have seen is that:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags linux, passwd, shadow Leave a comment

Edit home directory for an LDAP user in Linux

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

I have an LDAP user who accesses a server based on having the appropriate LDAP host attribute via sssd. This user does not show up in /etc/passwd because he is not local. How do I modify his home dir location if he has already logged in and it was created in the default location? RHEL 6 Is it just usermod -d /new/location -m?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags ldap, linux, passwd, sssd Leave a comment
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    remove libwacom2 worked for me as well

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