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bnpass - bnetd password utility

bnpass [options] [--] [cleartextpassword]

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.

Print usage information and exit.
Print its version number and exit.
--
Signal end of options. Any further arguments will be treated as passwords even if they begin with a "-".

The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

http://www.bnetd.org/

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

Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org)

09 April, 1999 BNETD