[syslinux] MENU / SHA1 passwords not working.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Simon Daniels wrote:
> Hi. I'm having a problem with hashing passwords for use in the menu.
> 
> If I specify plain passwords in my config it works file:
> 
> 
> MENU MASTER PASSWD $4$9qj4qv8g$HQ6Jl6TVrpign78XeofX2OLmfJo$
> 
> MENU PASSWD test123 $4$B4LW6NPr$xYYfSoakhfLpWE7+l8zU0MdAlIA$
               ^^^^^^^
                EH?
> 
> simon1 at eb280-simon:~/syslinux-3.52$ sha1pass 1234567890
> $4$9qj4qv8g$HQ6Jl6TVrpign78XeofX2OLmfJo$
> 

Looks right...

> 
> I notice I get a different hash every time when using the same arg. Is this
> correct?
> 

That's normal.

> 
> I ran cpan install Digest::SHA1 to install the missing lib then all was ok.
> 
> I can't get the MD5pass script to run as it's missing a lib but running cpan
> install Digest::MD5 reports that my MD5 is up to date?
> 

use Crypt::PasswdMD5;
use MIME::Base64;

Not Digest::MD5...

	-hpa