NAME
tac_pwd - generate DES or MD5 encryption of a password
SYNOPSIS
tac_pwd [-ehm] [salt]
DESCRIPTION
tac_pwd prompts for a clear-text password and produces a DES encryption of that password on stdout which may be used in lieu of the clear-text representation in the tac_plus.conf(5).
The DES salt may be provided as a command-line argument.
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
- -e
-
Do not echo the plain-text password to the terminal.
- -h
-
Display help message.
- -m
-
Generate an MD5 encryption, instead of DES. This only works if crypt() on your host supports MD5.