From e3eef217b7cffd4fad77cb01ebe178f03ad9c422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Marschall <28412477+danielmarschall@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:29:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 In the **/etc/shadow** file passwords hashed with **yescrypt**, usually have this `j9T` **parameter** as shown in the following example shadow entry, but information about this parameter is hard to come by.
 
-`test_user_1:$6$j9T$xyz$VKswtvLoVpOLcpjDMIFXhxa8ukqqKSKHjcPBLZUk9NxWldmlFQY4stUGo.QjEhav7mp86ih2PRqYPqjkhWi5y.:19796:0:99999:7:::`
+`test_user_1:$y$j9T$xyz$VKswtvLoVpOLcpjDMIFXhxa8ukqqKSKHjcPBLZUk9NxWldmlFQY4stUGo.QjEhav7mp86ih2PRqYPqjkhWi5y.:19796:0:99999:7:::`
 
 When you create a user using `adduser test_user_1`, you are might never see this `j9T` change, but now you might question what does this parameter even do?