---
name: "sha1pass"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "syslinux-utils"
version: "3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sha1pass"
---

# sha1pass(1)

Create a SHA1 password hash

## NAME

**sha1pass** - Create a SHA1 password hash

## SYNOPSIS

**sha1pass** \[*PASSWORD*\] \[*SALT*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sha1pass** creates a SHA1 password hash. In the absence of a salt value on the command line, a random salt vector will be generated.

## SEE ALSO

[*syslinux*(1)](/syslinux/1.md)

## HOMEPAGE

More information about the Syslinux project can be found on the homepage at \<*http://www.syslinux.org/*\>.

## AUTHOR

sha1pass was written by H. Peter Anvin \<*hpa@zytor.com*\>.

This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann \<*mail@daniel-baumann.ch*\>.