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MKPASSWD
!!!MKPASSWD
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


mkpasswd - Overfeatured front end to crypt(3)
!!SYNOPSIS


__mkpasswd PASSWORD SALT__
!!DESCRIPTION


__mkpasswd__ encrypts the given password with the
__crypt(3)__ libc function using the given
salt.
!!OPTIONS


__-S, --salt=STRING__


Use the ''STRING'' as salt.


__-H, --hash=TYPE__


Compute the password using the ''TYPE'' algorithm. If
''TYPE'' is missing available algorithms are
printed.


__-P, --password-fd=NUM__


Read the password from file descriptor ''NUM'' instead of
using ''getpass(3)''. If the file descriptor is not
connected to a tty then no other message than the hashed
password is printed on stdout.


__-s, --stdin__


Like ''--password-fd=0''.
!!BUGS


If the ''--stdin'' option is used, passwords containing
some control characters may not be read
correctly.


This programs suffers of a bad case of
featuritis.
!!SEE ALSO


''passwd(1), passwd(5), crypt(3),
getpass(3)''
!!AUTHOR


__mkpasswd__ and this man page were written by Marco
d'Itri
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Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:50:30 pm by "perry"

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