SYNOPSIS
tac_pwd [-ehm] [salt]DESCRIPTION
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 tac_plus.conf(5).The DES salt may be provided as a command-line argument.
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
- -e
- Do not echo the plain-text password to the terminal.
- -h
- Display help message.
- -m
- Generate an MD5 encryption, instead of DES. This only works if crypt() on your host supports MD5.