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This is documentation for the mkpasswd.c included in ircd-hybrid-7. |
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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 both DES and MD5 passwords, with |
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either randomly generated or user provided salts. |
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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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-m - Create an MD5 password |
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-d - Create a DES password |
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-l - Specify the length of a random MD5 salt |
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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 help |
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Without the presence of any parameters, it'll behave like the old mkpasswd, |
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creating a DES password with a randomly generated salt and prompting for |
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the password (without echo). |
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A DES salt is a pair of alphanumeric characters ('.' and '/' are permitted |
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as well), such as 'a4' or 'Td'. |
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An MD5 salt consists of up to 16 (though most implementations limit you to |
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8) alphanumeric characters (plus '.' and '/'), |
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such as 'tGd' or 'J6d4dfG'. |
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Known bugs: |
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Blowfish (on OpenBSD) is not yet supported |
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The encryption algorithms supported depend on your system's crypt() |
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implementation. |
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The maximum length of an MD5 salt is limited to your systems crypt() |
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implementation, typically 8. |
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crypt.c (MD5 implementation) is included, but not yet compiled into the |
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program for systems that do not support MD5. |
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implementation. |
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Supported Platforms (Known and tested): |
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Linux glibc (DES and MD5) |
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FreeBSD 3.x (DES (MD5 maybe)) |
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FreeBSD 4.x (DES and MD5) |
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Solaris 2.5-2.6 (DES only) |
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Cygwin 1.1.4 (DES only) |
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Prior Cygwin with the MD5 libcrypt (MD5 only) |
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OpenBSD 2.7 (don't link with -lcrypt) (DES and MD5, no Blowfish support) |
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Mac OS-X (Darwin) (don't link with -lcrypt) (DES only) |
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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. |
