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

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From: "Mithun Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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