Re: useradd and passwd

[Naresh Narang <nknarang@xxxxxxxxx>]

crypt() is available in perl.

Naresh


--- Vivek Chawla <vivek.chawla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But how do I generate that encrypted password from a
> simple password in a
> shell script or a perl script.
> 
> The crypt function mentioned is a c library function
> ?
> 
> Vivek
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mithun Bhattacharya" <mithun.b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-delhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] useradd and passwd
> 
> 
> >        -p passwd
> >               The  encrypted password, as returned
> by crypt(3) or
> >               an MD5 password generator.  The
> default is to  dis­
> >               able the account.
> >
> > From the same useradd man page.....
> >
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-- Naresh

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