Maybe you accidentally got a newline in it?
Try:
echo -n xxxx | md5sum
which is different than:
echo xxxx | md5sum
which will include the newline...
-Tom
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Christopher Maujean wrote:
> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:10:36 -0700
> From: Christopher Maujean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] Changing root password
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> I ran md5sum on the value xxxx and came up with a
> different hash than the one in settings.s
> Am I missing an argument? I'd like to change the password, as I
> am trying to build a 2 floppy pocket X-Terminal and will need to
> be able to lock people out of the local system. (they will log in
> to another machine on the network to run their programs).
>
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