1pwkickstart(1)                                                  pwkickstart(1)
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NAME

6        pwkickstart - generate kickstart passwords
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SYNOPSIS

9       Generates kickstart-compatible syntax by default.
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11             $ pwkickstart
12             Password:
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14             # md5
15             rootpw --iscrypted $1$SI$D964QyK1.Iz/
16             # sha256
17             rootpw --iscrypted $5$Ll/Q6$SEYqHGso3maNbtBc1wjyiyr2
18             # sha512
19             rootpw --iscrypted $6$MN7wS$1QE3FmSBrN71tXV8y.Blif1avdhTYt/
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DESCRIPTION

23       Utility  pwkickstart  generates kickstart passwords from password input
24       and prints them to standard output in  three  different  formats:  md5,
25       sha256 and sha512.
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27       Previously grub-crypt provided the same, but it is not longer available
28       in some Linux distributions.
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30       The output in section was shortened to fit on screen in  the  SYNOPOSIS
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NON-INTERACTIVE MODE

34       The  utility  accepts exactly one parameter - the password. Entries are
35       sorted from oldest to newest.
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37         $ pwkickstart mypass
38         $1$6FrN7YsS$2o3lfiD9T4LlUfKBgCe0X1
39         $5$S2Zab0elQkL7fN.ikw.jmZeb7qtEK7DJESPDv9
40         $6$slYmPDc8PtwOPmnx$9u3X3NE73XxuU7.5YlJAm/QMEahzx
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42       To get the "strongest" possible hash:
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44         $ pwkickstart mypass | tail -n1
45         $6$slYmPDc8PtwOPmnx$9u3X3NE73XxuU7.5YlJAm/QMEahzx
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47       Grep exactly what's needed:
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49         $ pwkickstart mypass | grep '
50         $6$slYmPDc8PtwOPmnx$9u3X3NE73XxuU7.5YlJAm/QMEahzx
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LICENSE

54       MIT License
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SEE ALSO

57       openssl(1)
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AUTHOR

60       Lukas Zapletal <lzap+spam@redhat.com>
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641.0.3                            21 July 2023                   pwkickstart(1)