---
name: "mkpasswd.dancer"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "dancer-ircd"
version: "1.0.31+maint8-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mkpasswd.dancer"
---

# mkpasswd.dancer(8)

generate dancer password hashes

## NAME

mkpasswd.dancer - generate dancer password hashes

## SYNOPSIS

- **mkpasswd.dancer**

  ## DESCRIPTION

mkpasswd.dancer takes a plaintext password on stdin and outputs it after generating a random salt and hashing with the dancer password algorithm, which is an MD5 digest.

## COPYRIGHT

See /usr/share/doc/dancer-ircd/copyright

## AUTHOR

Written 2001 by Andrew Suffield \<asuffield@users.sourceforge.net\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).