.TH MKPASSWD-RATBOX 8 "09 September 2007"

.SH NAME

mkpasswd-ratbox \- Hash password to use with ratbox.

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBmkpasswd-ratbox\fP  [\fB-m\fP|\fB-d\fP|\fB-b\fP|\fB-e\fP] [\fB-l\fP \fIsaltlength\fP] [\fB-r\fP \fIrounds\fP] [\fB-s\fP \fIsalt\fP] [\fB-p\fP \fIplaintext\fP]

.SH DESCRIPTION

\fB-m\fP
Generate an MD5 password.

\fB-d\fP
Generate a DES password.

\fB-b\fP
Generate a BlowFish password.

\fB-e\fP
Generate an Extended DES password.

\fB-l\fP
Specify a length for a random MD5 or BlowFish salt.

\fB-r\fP
Specify a number of rounds for a BlowFish or Extended DES password.
   BlowFish:  default 4, no more than 6 recommended
   Extended DES:  default 25

\fB-s\fP
Specify a salt, 2 alphanumeric characters for DES, up to 16 for MD5,
up to 22 for BlowFish, and 4 for Extended DES.

\fB-p\fP
Specify a plaintext password to use.

.SH EXAMPLE

  mkpasswd -m -s 3dr -p test

.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Arnaud Cornet for debian and is distributed
under the GPL.