git: adf9cd56fa84 - main - pw.8: Refernece to openssl-passwd(1) and crypt(3)
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:09:23 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer):
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=adf9cd56fa8421ffbf2d9c74ada547bdbfa8b143
commit adf9cd56fa8421ffbf2d9c74ada547bdbfa8b143
Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-07-21 17:59:19 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-07-21 18:08:05 +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
---
usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8 b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
index d9072872bc2b..64c22ce49848 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pw/pw.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 3, 2022
+.Dd July 21, 2022
.Dt PW 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ 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