mojave man page for crypt

Query: crypt

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crypt(n)																  crypt(n)

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NAME
crypt - Password hashing based on "crypt" SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl ?8.2? package require Trf ?2.1.4? crypt password salt _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
The command crypt is an interface to the crypt(3) function for the encryption of passwords. An alternative command for the same, but based on md5 is md5crypt. crypt password salt Encrypts the password using the specified salt and returns the generated hash value as the result of the command. SEE ALSO
md5crypt, trf-intro KEYWORDS
authentication, crypt, hash, hashing, mac, md5, message digest, password COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1996-2003, Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> Trf transformer commands 2.1.4 crypt(n)
Related Man Pages
md5crypt(3tcl) - debian
crypt_r(3c) - hpux
setkey_r(3c) - hpux
crypt_sunmd5(5) - sunos
crypt_sunmd5(5) - centos
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