Re: MD5 passwords explained (was Re: md5 hash question (2))

Çagil Seker <cagils@biznet.com.tr> wrote:
> --- Here something must be wrong ---
> I've created a user 't' with thw passwd 't'. The md5 shadow is:
>
> "md5accc9105df5383111407fd5b41255e23"
>
> Then:
>
> echo "tt" | md5sum
> "821ccb7eb5157bb2ab3727dc2845d62b"
>
> echo "t+t" | md5sum
> 6860f8721849d643fe95e0b65a423341
>
> which is different.
>

Not really, you get a newline char appended when you use "echo".
If youre using linux or compatible "echo" try this:

echo -n "tt" | md5sum

Magnus