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Subject: Re: Creating standalone passwords in /etc/passwd format
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Please don't top-post.

Gareth Bailey <gjbailey@gmail.com> writes:

> I have had a look at crypt (enigma), but it doesn't appear to use the
> same algorithm?

Correct.

>                 I need the same as that used in passwd!

The algorithm is selectable; the mechanism is crypt(3).

The standard utility for what you are trying to do is openssl(1).
It used to be makekey(1), but that has been obsoleted by openssl.

> Thanks
> 
> On 8/15/05, Gareth Bailey <gjbailey@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I am using pserver for authentication on CVS. Rather than use the same
> > passwords as in /etc/passwd, I'd rather create different ones for
> > users. How would I output a password to, for example, a text file in
> > the same format as that of /etc/passwd.
> > 
> > i.e: # xxx mynewpassword > encrypted_password.txt
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> >
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