NAME¶

bnpass - bnetd password utility

SYNOPSIS¶

bnpass [options] [--] [cleartextpassword]

DESCRIPTION¶

bnpass is a small utility which will output the ASCII hashed version of the clear text password in the same format as used in bnetd account files. This may be useful for writing a script to generate accounts or to reset a password in the bnetd user database.

If cleartextpassword is not specified you will be prompted to enter it into the standard input.

OPTIONS¶

-h --help --usage

Print usage information and exit.

-v --version

Print its version number and exit.

--

Signal end of options. Any further arguments will be treated as passwords even if they begin with a "-".

NOTES¶

The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

SEE ALSO¶

bnetd(1), bnchat(1), bnftp(1)

AUTHOR¶

Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)