[arch-general] Upgrading password hashes

[Kevin Chadwick]

> By the way, is it possible to upgrade password hashes without an
> intermediate password, assuming the new/old passwords are identical?

You can have no password at all to start with but the system doesn't
know the password, only what you entered matches. You could attack the
md5 but that would be a waste of energy and likely time.

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