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From Derrick Rice
Subject Re: Algorithm for generating md5 encrypted password not found in documentation
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Msg-id CANvs22EKm3PhQdFLXUCRVDR9AEwzqLqwYOC-AotM5+Y3EbZR5w@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Derrick Rice <derrick.rice@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, it's the username and the password concatenated
> and md5'd, then "md5" prepended.
>
> USER=...
> PASS=...
> MD5=`echo $USER$PASS | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1`
> echo "md5$MD5"

Figures I send the email then discover a small mistake.

It's password first.  So change $USER$PASS to $PASS$USER

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