git: 4f9dbf7d5d09 - stable/13 - pw.8: Refernece to openssl-passwd(1) and crypt(3)
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Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:23:50 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by 0mp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4f9dbf7d5d0904a9292e403107f1ffe9bf2494b6
commit 4f9dbf7d5d0904a9292e403107f1ffe9bf2494b6
Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-07-21 17:59:19 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-10-04 11:13:24 +0000
pw.8: Refernece to openssl-passwd(1) and crypt(3)
It may be unclear how to generate an encrypted password hash for -H,
so point users to openssl-passwd(1) and crypt(3).
MFC after: 2 weeks
(cherry picked from commit adf9cd56fa8421ffbf2d9c74ada547bdbfa8b143)
---
usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
index 871880b54f37..5d461fc6464e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
@@ -539,6 +539,11 @@ This is like
.Fl h ,
but the password should be supplied already encrypted in a form
suitable for writing directly to the password database.
+See
+.Xr openssl-passwd 1
+and
+.Xr crypt 3
+for more details about generating an encrypted password hash.
.El
.Pp
It is possible to use