tac_pwd8
Generate des or md5 encryption of a password
Usage
tac_pwd [-ehm]
[salt]
Overview
tac_pwd prompts for a clear-text password and produces a DES encryption of that password on stdout which may be used in lieu of the clear-text representation in the tac_plus.conf(5).
The DES salt may be provided as a command-line argument.
Options
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-e -
Do not echo the plain-text password to the terminal.
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-h -
Display help message.
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-m -
Generate an MD5 encryption, instead of DES. This only works if crypt() on your host supports MD5.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.
-m since Debian 8 (Jessie).