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author | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-11-17 09:03:02 +0000 |
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committer | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2000-11-17 09:03:02 +0000 |
commit | db70a3fd6eeb757b39aa565ed6e1cb569a831d2f (patch) | |
tree | 63ed73285d325029dcaaf233d3ad81ca857617ce /doc/apps | |
parent | 28fd5c60deda00db51a3ada467aee6c565f416a2 (diff) |
Improve usability of 'openssl passwd' by including
password verification where it makes sense.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/passwd.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/passwd.pod b/doc/apps/passwd.pod index 6e098940c7..07d849c824 100644 --- a/doc/apps/passwd.pod +++ b/doc/apps/passwd.pod @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ B<openssl passwd> [B<-salt> I<string>] [B<-in> I<file>] [B<-stdin>] +[B<-noverify>] [B<-quiet>] [B<-table>] {I<password>} @@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ B<openssl passwd> The B<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 B<-in file>, from stdin for -option B<-stdin>, and from the command line otherwise. +option B<-stdin>, or from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise. The Unix standard algorithm B<crypt> and the MD5-based BSD password algorithm B<1> and its Apache variant B<apr1> are available. @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ Use the B<apr1> algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm). =item B<-salt> I<string> Use the specified salt. +When reading a password from the terminal, this implies B<-noverify>. =item B<-in> I<file> @@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ Read passwords from I<file>. Read passwords from B<stdin>. +=item B<-noverify> + +Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal. + =item B<-quiet> Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are truncated. |