2026-03-12 20:23:15

vdh/get_escaped_pwd.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# grep the user passed as script parameter in /etc/shadow and prints is escaped encrypted password.
+# to be used when recreating users with the encrypted password (when the actual password is not known)
+# execute as root
+
+grep $1 /etc/shadow | awk -F':' '{ gsub(/\$/,"\\$",$2); print $1 ": " $2 }'