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Peter Pentchev writes:
> The crypt.c and crypt-md5.c files in src/lib/libcrypt/ do not really
> pose any restrictions on the salt, short of the obvious one of its
> not containing a '$' character :)
> 
> I guess going with the base64 characters would be a good bet.

Any character that does not mess up master.passwd. So ":" is also a no-no.

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