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Old 07-20-2014, 01:04 PM   #1
Fatman2
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Unhappy Perl password change

When I attempt to generate a new password using the command:
perl -e ‘print crypt(“admin”, Ap)’

I get a syntax error, can some ont tell me where I went wrong?
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('


I am running Debian Wheezy
 
Old 07-20-2014, 01:12 PM   #2
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