pwdhash(1)

pwdhash1

Generator of password hashes

Usage

pwdhash [-D config‐dir] [-H] [{-s scheme | -c comparepwd}] password

Overview

Generates password hashes which can also be used in LDIF password fields. This uses the Directory Server password generator.

Options

A summary of options is included below:

-H

Show summary of options.

-s scheme

Password scheme to be used (e.g. MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, SSHA, SSHA256, SSHA512)

-c comparepassword

Password to be compared against

-D configdir

Takes the password schema directly from the ns-slapd configuration

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–10
  3. 11–Arch

Author

dbscan was written by the 389 Project.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/new

From 389-ds-base 3.3.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.