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authorBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2000-07-31 12:27:44 +0000
committerBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>2000-07-31 12:27:44 +0000
commitcc244b371deb21351ec60426c4fa41386bb43316 (patch)
tree60fb214152592f10d4511bb21f686c782838b9cc /doc/apps
parentbd4e152791acc2a41441bd5713cbddc4b3645d27 (diff)
downloadopenssl-cc244b371deb21351ec60426c4fa41386bb43316.tar.gz
Update 'openssl passwd' documentation on selection of algorithms.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps')
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/passwd.pod13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/passwd.pod b/doc/apps/passwd.pod
index cee6a2f172..6e098940c7 100644
--- a/doc/apps/passwd.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/passwd.pod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ passwd - compute password hashes
B<openssl passwd>
[B<-crypt>]
+[B<-1>]
[B<-apr1>]
[B<-salt> I<string>]
[B<-in> I<file>]
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ The B<passwd> command computes the hash of a password typed at
run-time or the hash of each password in a list. The password list is
taken from the named file for option B<-in file>, from stdin for
option B<-stdin>, and from the command line otherwise.
-The Unix standard algorithm B<crypt> and the MD5-based B<apr1> algorithm
-are available.
+The Unix standard algorithm B<crypt> and the MD5-based BSD password
+algorithm B<1> and its Apache variant B<apr1> are available.
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -33,9 +34,13 @@ are available.
Use the B<crypt> algorithm (default).
+=item B<-1>
+
+Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm B<1>.
+
=item B<-apr1>
-Use the B<apr1> algorithm.
+Use the B<apr1> algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).
=item B<-salt> I<string>
@@ -64,6 +69,8 @@ to each password hash.
B<openssl passwd -crypt -salt xx password> prints B<xxj31ZMTZzkVA>.
+B<openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password> prints B<$1$xxxxxxxx$8XJIcl6ZXqBMCK0qFevqT1>.
+
B<openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password> prints B<$apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxHfLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0>.
=cut