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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users psswd&shadow 2 passwd together?!! Post 302557597 by Corona688 on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 04:38:15 PM
Old 09-21-2011
No. Password hashes aren't stored in /etc/passwd at all anymore, just an 'x' meaning 'this user has a password in /etc/shadow', or perhaps some other string meaning 'this user is disabled'. Nothing else is valid.
 

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mokutil

MOKUTIL(1)						      General Commands Manual							MOKUTIL(1)

NAME

       mokutil - utility to manipulate machine owner keys

SYNOPSIS

       mokutil [--list-enrolled]
       mokutil [--list-new]
       mokutil [--list-delete]
       mokutil [--import keylist| -i keylist]
	       ([--hash-file hashfile | -f hashfile] | [--root-pw | -P] |
		[--simple-hash | -s])
       mokutil [--delete keylist | -d keylist]
	       ([--hash-file hashfile | -f hashfile] | [--root-pw | -P] |
		[--simple-hash | -s])
       mokutil [--revoke-import]
       mokutil [--revoke-delete]
       mokutil [--export | -x]
       mokutil [--password | -p]
	       ([--hash-file hashfile | -f hashfile] | [--root-pw | -P] |
		[--simple-hash | -s])
       mokutil [--clear-password | -c]
	       ([--simple-hash | -s])
       mokutil [--disable-validation]
       mokutil [--enable-validation]
       mokutil [--sb-state]
       mokutil [--test-key | -t] ...
       mokutil [--reset]
	       ([--hash-file hashfile | -f hashfile] | [--root-pw | -P] |
		[--simple-hash | -s])
       mokutil [--generate-hash=password | -gpassword]

DESCRIPTION

       mokutil is a tool to import or delete the machines owner keys (MOK) stored in the database of shim.

OPTIONS

       --list-enrolled
	      List the keys the already stored in the database

       --list-new
	      List the keys to be enrolled

       --list-delete
	      List the keys to be deleted

       --import
	      Collect the followed files and form a request to shim. The files must be in DER format.

       --revoke-import
	      Revoke the current import request (MokNew)

       --revoke-delete
	      Revoke the current delete request (MokDel)

       --export
	      Export the keys stored in MokListRT

       --password
	      Setup the password for MokManager (MokPW)

       --clear-password
	      Clear the password for MokManager (MokPW)

       --disable-validation
	      Disable the validation process in shim

       --enrolled-validation
	      Enable the validation process in shim

       --sb-state
	      Show SecureBoot State

       --test-key
	      Test if the key is enrolled or not

       --reset
	      Reset MOK list

       --generate-hash
	      Generate the password hash

       --hash-file
	      Use the password hash from a specific file

       --root-pw
	      Use the root password hash from /etc/shadow

       --simple-hash
	      Use the old SHA256 password hash method to hash the password
	      Note: --root-pw invalidates --simple-hash

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