Script Test [OT]

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 6 18:10:53 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 12:01 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote:
> A suggestion I found on the net is to test for the value of md5sum 
> /etc/passwd. Now, does this stay the same, even if a password is added or 
> changed?

No.

> Is it unique to a computer?

No.

> And also, how do I isolate the number and 
> strip off the space and "/etc/passwd" from the result?

Don't bother, this is a really stupid idea.

poc




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