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This is documentation for the mkpasswd.c included in ircd-hybrid. |
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This version of mkpasswd can create Blowfish, SHA-256 and SHA-512 |
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passwords, with either randomly generated or user provided salts. |
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Options: |
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-5 - Create a SHA-256 password |
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-6 - Create a SHA-512 password |
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-b - Create a Blowfish password |
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-R - Specify a raw salt passed directly to crypt() |
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-l - Specify the length of a random SHA-256/SHA-512 or Blowfish salt |
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-r - Specify a number of rounds for a Blowfish password |
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-p - Specify the plaintext password at the command line |
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-s - Specify the salt at the command line |
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-h - Get full usage help |
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-? - Get brief usage help |
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Known bugs: |
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The encryption algorithms supported depend on your system's crypt() |
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implementation. |
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Supported Platforms (Known and tested): |
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Linux glibc 2.7+ (SHA-256/SHA-512) |
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FreeBSD 10.2 (SHA-256/SHA-512, Blowfish) |
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OpenBSD 5.8 (Blowfish) |
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Other systems probably work, but they haven't been amply tested. |
