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Old 07-11-2012, 12:24 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by aditya3098 View Post
Tried the copy paste, and my linux box's (ubuntu) root password is the same as my kindle. It did NOT work.
Ubuntu might be using a password hash not compatible with the kindle. Although MD5 and crypt hashes are common, it *could* be stored as SHA-1. Does the hash start with $1$ (i.e. MD5)?

You can copy a hash from the /etc/shadow- backup, or from the shadow on the diags partition (but you need to mount it first).

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