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.hys 50
.TH "tac_pwd" "8" "23 March 2012"
.SH NAME
tac_pwd \- generate DES or MD5 encryption of a password
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tac_pwd
[\fB\-ehm\fP]
[\c
salt]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B tac_pwd 
prompts for a clear-text password and produces a DES encryption of that
password on stdout which may be used in lieu of the clear-text representation
in the
.BR tac_plus.conf (5).
.PP
The DES salt may be provided as a command-line argument.
.PP
.SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-e
Do not echo the plain-text password to the terminal.
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.TP
.B \-h
Display help message.
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.TP
.B \-m
Generate an MD5 encryption, instead of DES.
This only works if crypt() on your host supports MD5.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR crypt (3),
.BR tac_plus (8),
.BR tac_plus.conf (5)