crypt(3trf)

crypt3trf

Password hashing based on "crypt"

Usage

package require Tcl ?8.2?

package require Trf ?2.1.3?

crypt password salt

Overview

The command crypt is an interface to the crypt(3) function for the encryption of passwords. An alternative command for the same, but based on md5 is md5crypt.

crypt password salt

Encrypts the password using the specified salt and returns the generated hash value as the result of the command.

Keywords

authentication, crypt, hash, hashing, mac, md5, message digest, password

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–13

From tcl-trf-doc 2.1.4-dfsg3-8 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.