---
name: "openssl-passwd"
section: "1ssl"
platform: "linux"
package: "openssl"
version: "3.6.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/openssl-passwd"
---

# openssl-passwd(1ssl)

compute password hashes

## NAME

openssl-passwd - compute password hashes

## SYNOPSIS

**openssl passwd** \[**-help**\] \[**-1**\] \[**-apr1**\] \[**-aixmd5**\] \[**-5**\] \[**-6**\] \[**-salt** *string*\] \[**-in** *file*\] \[**-stdin**\] \[**-noverify**\] \[**-quiet**\] \[**-table**\] \[**-reverse**\] \[**-rand** *files*\] \[**-writerand** *file*\] \[**-provider** *name*\] \[**-provider-path** *path*\] \[**-provparam** *\[name:\]key=value*\] \[**-propquery** *propq*\] \[*password*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This 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 **-in**, from stdin for option **-stdin**, or from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  Print out a usage message.

- **-1**

  Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm **1** (default).

- **-apr1**

  Use the **apr1** algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).

- **-aixmd5**

  Use the **AIX MD5** algorithm (AIX variant of the BSD algorithm).

- **-5**

  - **-6**

  Use the **SHA256** / **SHA512** based algorithms defined by Ulrich Drepper. See \<https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt\>.

- **-salt** *string*

  Use the specified salt. When reading a password from the terminal, this implies **-noverify**.

- **-in** *file*

  Read passwords from *file*.

- **-stdin**

  Read passwords from **stdin**.

- **-noverify**

  Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal.

- **-quiet**

  Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are truncated.

- **-table**

  In the output list, prepend the cleartext password and a TAB character to each password hash.

- **-reverse**

  When the **-table** option is used, reverse the order of cleartext and hash.

- **-rand** *files*, **-writerand** *file*

  See "Random State Options" in [**openssl**(1)](/openssl/1.md) for details.

- **-provider** *name*

  - **-provider-path** *path*

  - **-provparam** *\[name:\]key=value*

  - **-propquery** *propq*

  See "Provider Options" in [**openssl**(1)](/openssl/1.md), **provider**(7), and **property**(7).

## EXAMPLES

```
  % openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  $1$xxxxxxxx$UYCIxa628.9qXjpQCjM4a.
  % openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  $apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxHfLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0
  % openssl passwd -aixmd5 -salt xxxxxxxx password
  xxxxxxxx$8Oaipk/GPKhC64w/YVeFD/
```

## HISTORY

The **-crypt** option was removed in OpenSSL 3.0.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at \<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html\>.