[op5-users] apr_md5_validate

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 11/25/2009 03:44 PM, Patrik Båt wrote:
> Hello, experience some problem with the apr_md5_validate.
> 
> First, it cant validate :
> 
> ./apr_md5_validate test $apr1$UXwjq\/..$Hv\/u1Q8l.cvX4ludOxp5p0
> Password is not encrypted using apache's md5 hash algorithm
> 

When you're passing the password as an argument on the command-line,
the shell thinks everything following a dollar-sign is a variable.
Put the second argument in single quotes and it'll work just fine.

With the password above, I get "password mismatch" when I add the
single quotes. Without the single-quotes, I get the error you're
seeing.

This command, with single quotes, should result in "password matches":
./apr_md5_validate 'superduper' '$apr1$cAki6/..$Ojz5jAwkPyPhuXKghsS8y0'

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