/etc/shadow question

[Cole Tuininga]

On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 22:11, Derek Atkins wrote:
> probably md5..  

I thought md5 only produced hex characters?

> David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> writes:
> 
> > The passwords in my /etc/shadow file do not seem to be stored in crypt 
> > format.  They have illegal characters, and all seem to start with '$1'.
> > 
> > Here is my /etc/shadow line with some letters changed to ! for safety:
> >   david:$1$bWpHhIv0$WQmj4j9.!LF!!!KrSX7Ap0:11412:0:99999:7:::
> > 
> > How can I tell what algorithm is being used, and what tools can I use 
> > similar to crypt to test passwords?
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