pmkpasswd(1) - Linux man page

Name

pmkpasswd - Generate crypted passwords

Synopsis

pmkpasswd --password moocow

Description

pmkpasswd is a little utility to generate crypted passwords for use with POE::Component::Server::IRC "oper" blocks. It is basically a wrapper for the "mkpasswd" function provided by POE::Component::Server::IRC::Common.

By default it produces passwords using perl's "crypt" function.

The password is outputted on STDOUT .

Switches

--version

Prints the version number on STDOUT and exits.
--password: Mandatory switch, the plain-text password you wish to be crypted.
--md5: Instead of using "crypt", produce a MD5 crypted password.
--apache: Instead of using "crypt", produce an Apache MD5 crypted password.

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