[BusyBox] how does passwd work

[Florian Fainelli]

Hi all,

I would like to know how passwd produces the md5 password wich is in 
the /etc/passwd file. Examining the passwd.c file did not tell me more about 
what it is doing.

I have to write a web interface, and I prefer to calculate the md5 password 
with javascript, and then write directly the correct /etc/passwd file.

In fact, the simple implementation of the md5 algorithm does not work, and 
does not produce the password expected in the /etc/passwd file.

Has anybody got an idea ? Thanks for your answers.

Best regards, Florian
-- 
Cordialement, Florian

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