1XCRYPT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual XCRYPT(3)
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6 xencrypt, xdecrypt, passwd2des - RFS password encryption
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11 void passwd2des(char *passwd, char *key);
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13 int xencrypt(char *secret, char *passwd);
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15 int xdecrypt(char *secret, char *passwd);
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18 The function passwd2des() takes a character string passwd of arbitrary
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24 The xencrypt() function takes the ASCII character string secret given
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32 The functions xencrypt() and xdecrypt() return 1 on success and 0 on
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36 These functions are available in glibc since version 2.1.
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43 │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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45 │passwd2des(), xencrypt(), xdecrypt() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
46 └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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