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| author | michael <michael@82007160-df01-0410-b94d-b575c5fd34c7> | 2014-03-09 21:06:39 +0000 |
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| committer | michael <michael@82007160-df01-0410-b94d-b575c5fd34c7> | 2014-03-09 21:06:39 +0000 |
| commit | 2e59d9bd67adbb5a53be7fec99926efa2543d7f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 371ca095ccee678e023c7800b311398d87d676dd /tools | |
| parent | 4419a4e09a312013c0dc67d6be32501c88d876df (diff) | |
- Update tools/README.mkpasswd
git-svn-id: svn://svn.ircd-hybrid.org/svnroot/ircd-hybrid/branches/8.1.x@3129 82007160-df01-0410-b94d-b575c5fd34c7
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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/README.mkpasswd | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/README.mkpasswd b/tools/README.mkpasswd index 3a188dd..4f639f2 100644 --- a/tools/README.mkpasswd +++ b/tools/README.mkpasswd @@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ Options: -R - Specify a raw salt passed directly to crypt() -h - Get help -Without the presence of any parameters, it'll behave like the old mkpasswd, -creating a DES password with a randomly generated salt and prompting for -the password (without echo). +If no parameter is given, it will create an MD5 password with a randomly +generated salt and prompting for the password (without echo). A DES salt is a pair of alphanumeric characters ('.' and '/' are permitted as well), such as 'a4' or 'Td'. @@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ Known bugs: Blowfish (on OpenBSD) is not yet supported The encryption algorithms supported depend on your system's crypt() implementation. -The maximum length of an MD5 salt is limited to your systems crypt() +The maximum length of an MD5 salt is limited to your system's crypt() implementation, typically 8. Supported Platforms (Known and tested): |