echo -n woes
scripts, shell | pfortuny | (2)
It took me quite a while to realize that the following line does not do what you think it does:
$ echo '$1$CSmo96nX$G0PL/Cs/of5qDN2vMnyHp0' | openssl base64 | tr -d '\n'
You should always use the -n option if you want to make sure there is no spurious trailing newline:
$ echo -n '$1$CSmo96nX$G0PL/Cs/of5qDN2vMnyHp0' | openssl base64 | tr -d '\n'
(By the way, the encrypted message says just 'patata0' and it is not my password).
Or... is it?
Tested on two Linux systems (Fedora & Ubuntu) and one Snow Leopard.