Radius_user_machin user password stored with MD5 on 8.4
Originally Published: 2020-07-10
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.4.0.x
Issue
Tasks
- Change the Radius password from MD5 to SHA512
Resolution
login as: rsaadmin Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password: <enter operating system password> RSA Authentication Manager Installation Directory: /opt/rsa/am rsaadmin@am84p:~> sudo -i [sudo] password for rsaadmin:
2- View the users password under /etc/shadow
am84p:~ # cat /etc/shadow
root:*:16944::::::
bin:*:16944::::::
daemon:*:16944::::::
mail:*:16944::::::
man:*:16944::::::
wwwrun:*:16944::::::
nobody:*:16944::::::
messagebus:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
polkituser:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
haldaemon:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
vscan:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
sshd:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
ntp:*:16944:0:99999:7:::
rsaadmin:$6$pZ0exwUTHnQI$L69ojy25On2ptQTH5mOJfRVUrDEgkALgcANWAsuCH25W1hDYjE.NIcbyfmBD1GVu/T9Okje2yf1q.teEhqAlA.:18241:0:99999:7:::
Radius_user_cpy5jrhk:$1$wIF1rMOp$WYHqAUuB7CS6ha1y3Yuu/.:17274:0:99999:7:::
Note: The Radius_user_cpy5jrhk will have a different unique number in you deployment The password hash starting with $1 means that it's hashed with MD5, other hashing algorithms below.
- 1 -> MD5
- 2a -> Blowfish
- 5 -> SHA-256
- 6 -> SHA-512
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