What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?

stf92 · 04-14-2018, 06:20 PM

The question appears in the registration form of the ArchLinux forum. I get

Code:

[root@revenge Downloads]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'
8200e4c9600c8a6e8a69895104d20abfe4d0eaff5593af3e7afc0add9e7aa81fa17480807eb1123de6c6223c5167eb4b
[root@revenge Downloads]#

but the answer is rejected!

ntubski · 04-14-2018, 07:54 PM

Are you running it with on an Arch box? Maybe the output of uname is different on Arch?

That, or since it's dependent on the current "week number", there is some major clock drift on their server? (I get the same result as you, by the way).

Habitual · 04-14-2018, 08:16 PM

In:

Code:

 date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'

out:

PHP Code:



8200e4c9600c8a6e8a69895104d20abfe4d0eaff5593af3e7afc0add9e7aa81fa17480807eb1123de6c6223c5167eb4b

In:

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha512sum|sed 's/\W//g'

out:

PHP Code:



4a126d473efd5cb336532097051882574eb13526fb12b2f90561f8eac96ee672d8d518a8ad75f318649b39717b4c8e4b65478eab293cfad72ff6088eeb54e72c

It's the second one...

stf92 · 04-15-2018, 11:04 AM

What do you mean, Habitual. I am trying to register again and now the question is:
What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?
This seems kind of a joke.

Oh yes, this is Arch Linux. In regard to the registration I found the following post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=170564
The forum URL is https://bbs.archlinux.org/register.php?action=register

Habitual · 04-15-2018, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

What do you mean, Habitual. I am trying to register again and now the question is:
What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?
This seems kind of a joke.

On my non-Arch system / (my Mac is missing a 'couple' of utilities, so I use my "bat-cave")
today, I issued

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'

and got back

PHP Code:



f6abd11a0ce3b33dc62c23224df92c7e3d88b7df05d96c440e7eec28

Yesterday, I issued these commands

Code:

root@habitual.guru ~ # date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'
8200e4c9600c8a6e8a69895104d20abfe4d0eaff5593af3e7afc0add9e7aa81fa17480807eb1123de6c6223c5167eb4b
root@habitual.guru ~ # date -u +%V$(uname)|sha512sum|sed 's/\W//g'
4a126d473efd5cb336532097051882574eb13526fb12b2f90561f8eac96ee672d8d518a8ad75f318649b39717b4c8e4b65478eab293cfad72ff6088eeb54e72c

I'm not sure who you think is joking you but this appears to be a rotating captcha, likely meant to defeat Forum Spam/Bots

All 3 variants used in 2 days by me

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha512sum|sed 's/\W//g'

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'

I will note that Firefox 59.0.2 doesn't even present that Question on the same page.
in my newly installed FF.

Details at http://termbin.com/19ju

Other than Forum Spam Defense, not sure why this happens.

stf92 · 04-15-2018, 04:01 PM

I still don't understand. What made you try with sha512sum?

Habitual · 04-15-2018, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

I still don't understand. What made you try with sha512sum?

I did not "try" anything.
I did as instructed at https://bbs.archlinux.org/register.php?agree=Agree
and entered the variant it showed me.

Good day.

stf92 · 04-15-2018, 05:56 PM

Did you read post #4. Somebody was having the same problem as I have.

Xuuki · 05-21-2019, 06:56 AM

Hi

What on earth is this all about?
Just trying to register to the linux arch forum: https://bbs.archlinux.org/register.php?action=register. Its asks:
What is the output of "date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?
I can't get the correct thing for some reason. Does someone just have whatever needs to go in the answer prompt so I can copy and paste register and get on with my life !

Many thanks,

J

teckk · 05-21-2019, 03:15 PM

I think that server is in Germany. And if it happens to be may 1 where you are, it could be may 2 in Germany already. I think that I have seen that problem before. Try later when you and that server are on the same day. Look at the time change from you and there.

Edit:

I think that server is in Germany. And if it happens to be may 1 where you are, it could be may 2 in Germany already. I think that I have seen that problem before. Try later when you and that server are on the same day. Look at the time change from you and there.

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)|sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'
c681d0484b6ff529f9c5bee6ef23dda5e782be24027c2474ef65ea4c

date -u +%V is just the day of the month

Code:

date -u +%V
21

Code:

date -u +%V$(uname)
21Linux

So...

Code:

echo "21Linux" |sha224sum|sed 's/\W//g'
c681d0484b6ff529f9c5bee6ef23dda5e782be24027c2474ef65ea4c

You'll need to be able to solve simple problems like this or, you will not be happy using arch.

anon033 · 05-23-2019, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

The question appears in the registration form of the ArchLinux forum. I get

Code:

[root@revenge Downloads]# date -u +%V$(uname)|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g'
8200e4c9600c8a6e8a69895104d20abfe4d0eaff5593af3e7afc0add9e7aa81fa17480807eb1123de6c6223c5167eb4b
[root@revenge Downloads]#

but the answer is rejected!

/bin/ksh: date -u +%VOpenBSD|sha384sum|sed 's/\W//g': not found

teckk · 05-25-2019, 07:41 AM

Ya, that's the whole idea. You have to register with a Linux box.
You can't register with a windows or BSD box.

And I said a false thing in post 10. From man date

Code:

 %V     ISO week number, with Monday as first day of week (01..53)

However, it's not that hard.

Code:

date -u +%V
21

Code:

uname
Linux

So:

Code:

echo 21Linux | sha384sum | sed 's/\W//g'
889eb8e6d765e213b1fd2fe359aa20f037634e8ac490750c700deb0186c70cf9e6cd63082f32de7a5d848d0881216d8f

If you are getting a "not found" error, then what don't you have installed? date, sha384sum, sed?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=170564
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=172828
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=155215

ondoho · 05-27-2019, 12:34 AM

Always fun to follow these "I can't register on Arch Forums" threads.

The best explanation I found was this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by WorMzy

To put it another way, it's more a way of ensuring people can follow basic instructions and solve problems on their own. If people are unable to do even that, they won't find these forums very forgiving.

...and for every reproducible solution out there, I'm sure the Arch Forums maintainers will change the question again.

Jan K. · 08-07-2023, 09:58 AM

Congrats!

And the link to a Gupsy Bar in Phoenix, because?

TB0ne · 08-07-2023, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan K.

Congrats!
And the link to a Gupsy Bar in Phoenix, because?

Because they're a spammer and they've been reported.