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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:13 pm    Post subject: How do I "md5_hex hash" a password? [SOLVED] Reply with quote

Hi

I recently installed net-mail/fetchyahoo-2.10.5 to fetch my Yahoo mail.

In .fetchyahoorc it says:
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# this can be a password or an md5_hex hashed password
password = yahoo-password


It works fine with if I just enter my password, but I don't like the idea of having my password just lay around in plain text...
So, how do I turn it into an "md5_hex hashed" password?

Thanks in advance!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
echo 'yourpassword' | md5sum
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Genone!
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