authpasswd.1

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  11 .TH "AUTHPASSWD" "1" "04/22/2007" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc."
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  16 .SH "NAME"
  17 authpasswd \- Generate login passwords
  18 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  19 .HP 11
  20 \fBauthpasswd\fR [method]
  21 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  22 .PP
  23
  24 \fBauthpasswd\fR
  25 is a helper utility that generated encrypted passwords for the Courier authentication library. The Courier authentication library is capable of using several different encryption methods for storing passwords.
  26 \fBauthpasswd\fR
  27 issues a password prompt. Enter the same password twice (for verification purposes).
  28 \fBauthpasswd\fR
  29 computes and prints the encrypted password. The encrypted password can be inserted verbatim into the appropriate account record that's processed by the authentication library's
  30 authmysql,
  31 authpgsql, or
  32 authldap
  33 module.
  34 .PP
  35
  36 \fImethod\fR
  37 may be set to one of the following literals:
  38 .PP
  39 crypt
  40 .RS 4
  41 Use the traditional
  42 DES\-based encrypted password.
  43 .RE
  44 .PP
  45 md5
  46 .RS 4
  47 Compute an
  48 MD5
  49 password hash.
  50 .RE
  51 .PP
  52 sha1
  53 .RS 4
  54 Compute a
  55 SHA1
  56 password hash.
  57 .RE
  58 .PP
  59 sha256
  60 .RS 4
  61 Compute a
  62 SHA256
  63 password hash.
  64 .RE
  65 .PP
  66 If not specified,
  67 \fImethod\fR
  68 defaults to the modified\-MD5
  69 password encryption algorithm that's used in Linux (note that this is different from the
  70 \(lqmd5\(rq
  71 password hash method).