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-.TH "AUTHPASSWD" "1" "12/06/2008" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc."
+.TH "AUTHPASSWD" "1" "08/25/2013" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc."
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+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
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.SH "NAME"
-authpasswd - Generate login passwords
+authpasswd \- Generate login passwords
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.HP 11
+.HP \w'\fBauthpasswd\fR\ 'u
\fBauthpasswd\fR [method]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-
\fBauthpasswd\fR
-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\.
+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\&.
\fBauthpasswd\fR
-issues a password prompt\. Enter the same password twice (for verification purposes)\.
+issues a password prompt\&. Enter the same password twice (for verification purposes)\&.
\fBauthpasswd\fR
-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
+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
authmysql,
-authpgsql, or
+authpgsql,
+authsqlite, or
authldap
-module\.
+module\&.
.PP
-
\fImethod\fR
may be set to one of the following literals:
.PP
crypt
.RS 4
Use the traditional
-DES\-based encrypted password\.
+DES\-based encrypted password\&.
.RE
.PP
md5
.RS 4
Compute a base64\-encoded
MD5
-password hash\.
+password hash\&.
.RE
.PP
md5raw
.RS 4
Compute a hexadecimal\-encoded
MD5
-password hash\.
+password hash\&.
.RE
.PP
sha1
.RS 4
Compute a
SHA1
-password hash\.
+password hash\&.
.RE
.PP
ssha
.RS 4
Compute a salted
SHA1
-password hash\.
+password hash\&.
.RE
.PP
sha256
.RS 4
Compute a
SHA256
-password hash\.
+password hash\&.
.RE
.PP
If not specified,
\fImethod\fR
defaults to the modified\-MD5
-password encryption algorithm that\'s used in Linux (note that this is different from the
+password encryption algorithm that\*(Aqs used in Linux (note that this is different from the
\(lqmd5\(rq
-password hash method)\.
+password hash method)\&.
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