1PASSWD(1)                           OpenSSL                          PASSWD(1)
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NAME

6       passwd - compute password hashes
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SYNOPSIS

9       openssl passwd [-crypt] [-1] [-apr1] [-salt string] [-in file] [-stdin]
10       [-noverify] [-quiet] [-table] {password}
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DESCRIPTION

13       The passwd command computes the hash of a password typed at run-time or
14       the hash of each password in a list.  The password list is taken from
15       the named file for option -in file, from stdin for option -stdin, or
16       from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise.  The Unix stan‐
17       dard algorithm crypt and the MD5-based BSD password algorithm 1 and its
18       Apache variant apr1 are available.
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OPTIONS

21       -crypt
22           Use the crypt algorithm (default).
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24       -1  Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm 1.
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26       -apr1
27           Use the apr1 algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).
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29       -salt string
30           Use the specified salt.  When reading a password from the terminal,
31           this implies -noverify.
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33       -in file
34           Read passwords from file.
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36       -stdin
37           Read passwords from stdin.
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39       -noverify
40           Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal.
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42       -quiet
43           Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are
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46       -table
47           In the output list, prepend the cleartext password and a TAB char‐
48           acter to each password hash.
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EXAMPLES

51       openssl passwd -crypt -salt xx password prints xxj31ZMTZzkVA.
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53       openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password prints
54       $1$xxxxxxxx$UYCIxa628.9qXjpQCjM4a..
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56       openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password prints $apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxH‐
57       fLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0.
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610.9.8b                            2002-10-04                         PASSWD(1)