md5 for password on freebsd

[Daan Hoogland]

Gentlepeople,
 
I am considering implementing a apache ftpserver on a freebsd machine. I
try the file-based usermanager and I try to use the commandline util md5
to generate a password for my user. The resulting string I enter in the
properties file but my user cannot log on, after restarting the server.
 
Are there some particularities to consider when generating passwords? Or
is there a standard utility packaged with the server that should be used
instead?
 
thanks,
 
Daan Hoogland