ns_crypt(3)
NAME
ns_crypt - commands
SYNOPSIS
ns_crypt key salt 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DESCRIPTION
- ns_crypt encrypted the key, also known as the password,
- using the salt and returns the result. It uses the same algo
- rithm as the unix crypt command.
- The result from ns_crypt is a 13-character string. The
- first two characters correspond to the salt, and the remaining
- eleven characters correspond to the password encrypted with the
- specified salt.
- The password is a string (typically that of a password to
- be used for nscp and/or nsperm authentication).
- salt should be two characters, typically from the set [a
- zA-Z0-9./]. If the empty string is specified as the salt then
- ns_crypt returns the empty string. If a string longer than two
- characters is specified for the salt it is truncated to two char
- acters. If a one character salt is provided the output will ap
- pear to have a two-character salt (the single character
- repeated), however, the encrypted value does not correspond to
- the same password being encrypted with the equivalent two charac
- ter salt. (As a result sticking with a two character salt is
- highly recommended.)
- Input to ns_crypt is case-sensitive.
EXAMPLES
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver ns
ns0WvClsyIL4A
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver NS
NSDQ1dPM.409Q
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver tcl
tcAbgtlzbEhVc
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver tc
tcAbgtlzbEhVc
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver ..
..7TNvXHLxJ9Y
nscp> ns_crypt aolserver .
..fwmBaZuzrRs
SEE ALSO
nsd(1), info(n), nscp, nsperm, crypt(3)