PWHASH(1)               NetBSD General Commands Manual               PWHASH(1)

NAME
     pwhash -- hashes passwords from the command line or standard input

SYNOPSIS
     pwhash [-km] [-b rounds] [-S rounds] [-s salt] [-p | string]

DESCRIPTION
     pwhash prints the encrypted form of string to the standard output.  This
     is mostly useful for encrypting passwords from within scripts.

     The options are as follows:

     -b rounds
             Encrypt the string using Blowfish hashing with the specified
             rounds.

     -k      Run in makekey(8) compatible mode; a single combined key and salt
             are read from standard input and the DES encrypted result is
             written to standard output without a terminating newline.

     -m      Encrypt the string using MD5.

     -p      Prompt for a single string with echo turned off.

     -S rounds
             Encrypt the salt with HMAC-SHA1 using the password as key and the
             specified rounds as a hint for the number of iterations.

     -s salt
             Encrypt the string using DES, with the specified salt.

     If no string is specified, pwhash reads one string per line from standard
     input, encrypting each one with the chosen algorithm from above.  In the
     event that no specific algorithm is given as a command line option, the
     algorithm specified in the default class in /etc/passwd.conf will be
     used.

     For MD5 and Blowfish a new random salt is automatically generated for
     each password.

     Specifying the string on the command line should be discouraged; using
     the standard input is more secure.

FILES
     /etc/passwd.conf

SEE ALSO
     crypt(3), passwd.conf(5)

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE              October 12, 2004              NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
