How to create encrypted password via command line

[Anne Moore]

This worked perfectly! Thank you.

Now I just have to figure out how to automate it in a script to provide a
prompt (some of these kids are new users! So I'm trying to make it as easy
as possible for them...)

Thanks! 

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Bill Tangren
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:54 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: How to create encrypted password via command line

Anne Moore wrote:
> Hi All
>  
> Does anyone know of a quick/painless way to create an encrypted 
> {crypt} password via the command like on Red Hat? I need my users to 
> do this and I don't want them to have to write much syntax, etc., as 
> that will be too much for them. I was hoping there was some built-in 
> (or other) method that allows creating an encrypted password, 
> depending on what the user types in for the password.
>  
> Thank you!
>  
> Anne

Do you mean something like what htpasswd does?


$ htpasswd -cb jones.passwd jones Pwd4Steve $ cat jones.passwd $ cat
jones.passwd jones:P9D.NILQAK/KM


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