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Script to generate salted SHA512 /etc/shadow password on/for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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askpasswd.sh
#!/bin/bash
read -p "Enter username: " username
read -s -p "Enter password: " mypassword
echo
echo -n $username:$mypassword | chpasswd -S -c SHA512
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