man generate_passwd (Commandes) - Program to des encrypt a password like Unix

NAME

generate_passwd - Program to des encrypt a password like Unix

SYNOPSIS

generate_passwd [salt]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the generate_passwd command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

generate_passwd is a program to des encrypt a password like Unix. It prompts for the password to encrypt. You can optionally supply a salt to verify a password.

SEE ALSO

tac_plus users_guide, tac_plus(1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Carlos Barros <cbf@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).