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33 authpasswd \- Generate login passwords
35 .HP \w'\fBauthpasswd\fR\ 'u
36 \fBauthpasswd\fR [method]
40 is a helper utility that generates encrypted passwords for the Courier authentication library\&. The Courier authentication library is capable of using several different encryption methods for storing passwords\&.
42 issues a password prompt\&. Enter the same password twice (for verification purposes)\&.
44 computes and prints the encrypted password\&. The encrypted password can be inserted verbatim into the appropriate account record that\*(Aqs processed by the authentication library\*(Aqs
52 may be set to one of the following literals:
57 DES\-based encrypted password\&.
62 Compute a base64\-encoded
69 Compute a hexadecimal\-encoded
97 defaults to the modified\-MD5
98 password encryption algorithm that\*(Aqs used in Linux (note that this is different from the
100 password hash method)\&.