passwd¶

NAME¶

openssl-passwd, passwd - compute password hashes

SYNOPSIS¶

openssl passwd [-help] [-crypt] [-1] [-apr1] [-aixmd5] [-5] [-6] [-salt string] [-in file] [-stdin] [-noverify] [-quiet] [-table] [-rand file...] [-writerand file] {password}

DESCRIPTION¶

The 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 -in file, from stdin for option -stdin, or from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise.

OPTIONS¶

• -help

  Print out a usage message.

• -crypt

  Use the crypt algorithm (default).

• -1

  Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm 1.

• -apr1

  Use the apr1 algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).

• -aixmd5

  Use the AIX MD5 algorithm (AIX variant of the BSD algorithm).

• -5

• -6

  Use the SHA256 / SHA512 based algorithms defined by Ulrich Drepper. See ¶

  % openssl passwd -crypt -salt xx password
  xxj31ZMTZzkVA
  
  % openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  $1$xxxxxxxx$UYCIxa628.9qXjpQCjM4a.
  
  % openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  $apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxHfLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0
  
  % openssl passwd -aixmd5 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  xxxxxxxx$8Oaipk/GPKhC64w/YVeFD/
  

  COPYRIGHT¶

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  Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at