[syslinux] generating hashed passwords for MENU PASSWD

[Ferenc Wágner]

Fourhundred Thecat via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> writes:

> the wiki says, I can use hashed password for MENU PASSWD:
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Comboot/menu.c32
>
> (actually the wiki says "encrypted" password, which I think is wrong and
> misleading)
>
> SHA-2-256	(Signature: $5$)
>
> It further says, that SHA-2 passwords are compatible with very recent
> Linux distributions.
> That is great, but *HOW* do I generate such hashed password? With salt,
> or without ? Hex, or base64 ?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/52108/how-to-create-sha512-password-hashes-on-command-line

> I guess I could find it if I google long enough, but why can't there be
> an example ?

There could.
-- 
Feri