How to hash passwords on Linux

Posted by linuxer on Nov 29, 2021 3:23 AM EDT
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Passwords should never be stored as plain text. Whether we are talking about a web application or an operating system, they should always be in hash form (on Linux, for example, hashed passwords are stored in the /etc/shadow file). Hashing is the process through which, by the use of some complex algorithms, a password is turned into a different string.

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