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BNPASS

NAME

bnpass − bnetd password utility

SYNOPSIS

bnpass [options] [--] [cleartextpassword]

DESCRIPTION

bnpass is a small utility which will output the ASCII hashed version of the clear text password in the same format as used in bnetd account files. This may be useful for writing a script to generate accounts or to reset a password in the bnetd user database.

If cleartextpassword is not specified you will be prompted to enter it into the standard input.

OPTIONS

−h --help --usage

Print usage information and exit.

−v --version

Print its version number and exit.

--

Signal end of options. Any further arguments will be treated as passwords even if they begin with a "-".

NOTES

The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

http://www.bnetd.org/

SEE ALSO

bnetd(1), bnchat(1), bnftp(1)

AUTHOR

Ross Combs (ross AT bnetd DOT org)

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