debian man page for ircd-mkpasswd

IRCD-MKPASSWD(8)					      System Manager's Manual						  IRCD-MKPASSWD(8)

NAME
       ircd-mkpasswd - manual page for ircd-mkpasswd

SYNOPSIS
       ircd-mkpasswd [-m|-d] [-l saltlength] [-s salt] [-p plaintext]

       -m Generate an MD5 password

       -d Generate a DES password

       -l Specify a length for a random MD5 salt

       -s Specify a salt, 2 alphanumeric characters for DES, up to 16 for MD5

       -p Specify a plaintext password to use

       Example: ircd-mkpasswd -m -s 3dr -p test

DESCRIPTION
       ircd-mkpasswd generates SALT encrypted passwords for use in ircd.conf

								     May 2002							  IRCD-MKPASSWD(8)