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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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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