NAME¶

tac_pwd - generate DES or MD5 encryption of a password

SYNOPSIS¶

tac_pwd [-ehm] [salt]

DESCRIPTION¶

tac_pwd prompts for a clear-text password and produces a DES encryption of that password on stdout which may be used in lieu of the clear-text representation in the tac_plus.conf(5).

The DES salt may be provided as a command-line argument.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS¶

-e

Do not echo the plain-text password to the terminal.

-h

Display help message.

-m

Generate an MD5 encryption, instead of DES. This only works if crypt() on your host supports MD5.

SEE ALSO¶

crypt(3), tac_plus(8), tac_plus.conf(5)