Manually generate password for /etc/shadow

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Manually generate password for /etc/shadow

I need to manually edit /etc/shadow to change the root password inside of a virtual machine image.

Is there a command-line tool that takes a password and generates an /etc/shadow compatible password hash on standard out?

shadow password linux

3 years ago by Kajalsi45d

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**Bharatgxwzm** · Answer 1 · 2021-09-07T11:20:26

(md5, sha256, sha512)

openssl passwd -6 -salt xyz  yourpass

Note: passing -1 will generate an MD5 password, -5 a SHA256 and -6 SHA512 (recommended)

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Manually generate password for /etc/shadow

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