Re: encrypting passwords for rootpw

["Keith Fernandez" <keith w-o-i com>]

What is the meaning of salt. I am confused.
Where can I get more info on "salt"

Regards,
Keith
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Linux: because I want to get there today.  Without rebooting.
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> THIS IS A BADLY WRITTEN SCRIPT. It gets the job done, but you must be
> careful to generate the random salt properly, take care to prevent other
> users seeing the plaintext password in the output of ps, and take care
> to prevent the passwords you use ending up in shell history files. I
> might write a better version and post it later.
> 
> I assume you are using "auth --enablemd5" in your kickstart file (you
> should be).
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