Re: etherboot and password

[Boris Majowski <bsmajows@detec.de>]

> Hello,
> 
> using etherboot ver3.2 with passwd option seems to be problematic.
> I generate a md5 digit [md5sum (GNU textutils) 1.22] on different 
> unix systems (3 linux, 1 digital unix) and can't reproduce the 
> example digits mentioned in 'doc/.../vendortags...'.
> 
> For example 'echo Penguin | md5sum' produces
> 55b43a733411438c4c06c66fd2ccab26
> and not
> 99625fa1cac27bb6a2b33b7638afe47
> 
> That's not realy my problem. But if I self generate a password digit, 
> the password check of etherboot failed.
> 
> My first steps for solution are:
> 1. Subscribing the netboot mailinglist
> 2. Looking at the archive
> 3. Looking at the etherboot home page
> 
> But there is no known problem with password check or generation.
> 
> Any hints?
$ echo Penguin | md5sum
55b43a733411438c4c06c66fd2ccab26  -
$ echo -n Penguin | md5sum
99625fa1cac27bb6a2b33b7638afe47f  -
$

Any questions ?

!Boris