thank you for your help, but still no dice. I am wondering what's going on here. I installed Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.2 perl module to make this work. my script is as follows (I know showing the salt isn't suposed to be done but before I put it to use I plan to randomly generate it)
#!/usr/bin/perl print "Enter your preferd username.\n"; $username = <STDIN>; chomp($username); print "enter your prefered password\n"; $passwd = <STDIN>; $salt="\$1\$blahblahblah\$"; use Crypt::PasswdMD5; $pwd = unix_md5_crypt($passwd,$salt); chomp($pwd); print `/usr/sbin/useradd $username -p $pwd`; print "the password is $pwd\n"; all is done corect till it puts the passwd in /etc/shadow here is the shadow entry kim2:/ozTmBDXkQ3jmXzv1:12029:0:99999:7::: on the last line it prints the password to the screen and I get the password is $1$blahblah$hWn8A/ozTmBDXkQ3jmXzv1 it looks to me like it choped the passwd at the / grrr, On Sun, 08 Dec 2002 13:14:23 +0000 Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 8 Dec 2002 07:22:39, Jerry M. Howell II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I used the useradd -p and it doesn't insert the passwd like it > > should I should see something like $1$blahhblahhblahh but it > > doesn't do this, if I manualy insert it it works fine but it looks > > like print `/usr/sbin/useradd "$username" -p "$pwd"`; screws it up > > You've been using the wrong hashing algorithm, I'm afraid. crypt() > isn't used in modern UNIX password files, md5 is. I think your code > will start working if you use: > > use Crypt::PasswdMD5; > $pass = unix_md5_crypt($input_pass,$salt); > > Also, your double-quotes in the useradd command look redundant. Try > removing them, if it still doesn't work. They may been being processed > as part of the username/password. > > Hope this helps, > > - Chris. > -- > $a="printf.net"; Chris Ball | chris@void.$a | www.$a | finger: chris@$a > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Jerry M. Howell II -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
