Questions tagged [hashsum]
Questions related to hashes, hash values or hash codes that are returned by hash functions such as SHA-1.
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Was dovecot the first to prefix a hash with the scheme?
I know that crypt in glibc has ${scheme_token}$ at the start of the hashes in /etc/shadow that can be used to infer the scheme, but dovecot has the actual name of the hashing scheme used included as a ...
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Generate hashes automatically and continuously with a script and stop by pressing a key?
I need a part for a script in bash where hashes are generated automaticaly and continuously and when I press a key the generation stops and the last hash at which I stopped is displayed. I've cobbled ...
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Why is the file changing before being written to?
On Kubuntu Linux, The Google Chrome browser adds a checksum to the file, preventing simply editing the file by hand. So I'm writing a script to add the checksum. $ cat .config/google-chrome/Default/...
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Verify sha256sums of files inside tarball using hashfile
Is it possible to check the tarball's files sha256sums without first extracting to disk? I have this file: $ cat cathy.sha256 \SHA256 (atypical\nfilename) = ...
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Continue a directory tree checksum from a given file
I have: A checksum.txt file which contains many lines of checksums of single files from a mountpoint in a huge directory, which mounted and then it disconnected, thereby not finishing the checksum....
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apt hashes error in Debian 12 Bookworm with cdrom
I just installed Debian 12 Bookworm for the first time. apt will not install gparted. There is a hashes mismatch error : $ sudo apt install gparted Reading package lists... Done Building dependency ...
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What does xxd -r -p do?
So I am trying to calculate a SHA1 digest (and base64 encode it) for an attachment I received so it matches their (base64 encoded) digest. Using ChatGPT, I was able to use the command below to succeed....
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How to calculate the password hash in /etc/shadow [duplicate]
I have the following line in my /etc/shadow file (SALT and HASHED_PASSWORD are not real values for obvious reason). And I understand $6 means SHA512 is used. testuser:$6$SALT$HASHED_PASSWORD:19591:0:...
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