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Full Discussion: RHLE r4 and r5
Operating Systems Linux Red Hat RHLE r4 and r5 Post 302385096 by stevej123 on Thursday 7th of January 2010 04:47:04 AM
Old 01-07-2010
RHLE r4 and r5

Does anyone know how to verify which hashing algorithm is used to encrypt the passwords in /etc/shadow on red hat linux enterprise systems? or what the default hash setting is? Is there a file that stores this information?
 
crypt_bsdmd5(5) 					Standards, Environments, and Macros					   crypt_bsdmd5(5)

NAME
crypt_bsdmd5 - password hashing module using MD5 message hash algorithm SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/security/$ISA/crypt_bsdmd5.so DESCRIPTION
The crypt_bsdmd5 module is a one-way password hashing module for use with crypt(3C) that uses the MD5 message hash algorithm. The algorithm identifier for crypt.conf(4) and policy.conf(4) is 1. The output is compatible with md5crypt on BSD and Linux systems. The maximum password length for crypt_bsdmd5 is 255 characters. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
passwd(1), crypt(3C), crypt_genhash_impl(3C), crypt_gensalt(3C), crypt_gensalt_impl(3C), getpassphrase(3C), crypt.conf(4), passwd(4), pol- icy.conf(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 6 Aug 2003 crypt_bsdmd5(5)
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