"Amy G" <amy-g-art at cox.net> writes: > >>> n.update("help") > >>> n.hexdigest() > '657f8b8da628ef83cf69101b6817150a' > > But I run FreeBSD 5.0 and when I execute > $ echo help | openssl md5 > 45b758a4f518f3ff31363696132f5f5a > > What gives? What am I missing here? > > Thanks in advance for shedding some light on my "easy" question. Try n.update("help\n").