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Old 07-11-2007, 04:24 AM   #1
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Salt value for user password


Hi guys,

where is the salt value associated with each user stored?
 
Old 07-11-2007, 06:08 AM   #2
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The string value between the second and third $ of entries in /etc/shadow

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