Jump to content United States-English
HP.com Home Products and Services Support and Drivers Solutions How to Buy
» Contact HP
HP.com home

HP OpenVMS Systems Documentation

Content starts here
HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 2: HP SSL for OpenVMS > OpenSSL Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference

passwd

 » Table of Contents

 » Index

NAME

passwd — compute password hashes

Synopsis

openssl passwd [-crypt] [-1] [-apr1] [-salt string] [-in file] [-stdin] [-noverify] [-quiet] [-table] {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. The UNIX standard algorithm crypt and the MD5-based BSD password algorithm 1 and its Apache variant apr1 are available.

OPTIONS

  • -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).

  • -salt string

    Use the specified salt. When reading a password from the terminal, this implies -noverify.

  • -in file

    Read passwords from file.

  • -stdin

    Read passwords from stdin.

  • -noverify

    Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal.

  • -quiet

    Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are truncated.

  • -table

    In the output list, prepend the cleartext password and a TAB character to each password hash.

EXAMPLES

openssl passwd -crypt -salt xx password prints xxj31ZMTZzkVA.

openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password prints $1$xxxxxxxx$UYCIxa628.9qXjpQCjM4a.

openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password prints $apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxHfLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0.

 

** About PDF files: The PDF files on this Web site can be read online or printed using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. If you do not have this software installed on your system, you may download it from the Adobe Web site.
Privacy statement Using this site means you accept its terms Feedback to webmaster
© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.