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passwd about hp-ux

 
Wang,MinJie
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‎01-15-2007 02:45 PM

‎01-15-2007 02:45 PM

passwd about hp-ux

Hi all
I've tried to modify user1'passwd twice using "passwd" command and I input "hp" as password.
But when I consulted the /etc/passwd file I found the two encrypted password were differen.
Can you tell me why?
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Yogeeraj_1
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‎01-15-2007 05:27 PM

‎01-15-2007 05:27 PM

Re: passwd about hp-ux

hi,

it is in the algorithm itself.

For more information please see: http://www.het.brown.edu/guide/UNIX-password-security.txt


kind regards
yogeeraj
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