[TriLUG] Need to compare pw's

[Ian Kilgore]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:28:31AM -0500, Warren Myers wrote:
> if they're using the same salt, it's a cinch - strait up string comparison
> 
> if it's different, I don't know
> 
> WMM
> 
If the salts are different, you'd have to crack it to find out.
If you /know/ the password, though, you can toss it through crypt(3)
w/ the salt, and compare w/ the hash.
-- 
Ian Kilgore
echo "pfxz at pfxz.trw" | tr pzfwxt ikagno
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