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OPENSSL-PASSWD(1SSL)                           OpenSSL                          OPENSSL-PASSWD(1SSL)



NAME
       openssl-passwd - compute password hashes

SYNOPSIS
       openssl passwd [-help] [-1] [-apr1] [-aixmd5] [-5] [-6] [-salt string] [-in file] [-stdin]
       [-noverify] [-quiet] [-table] [-reverse] [-rand files] [-writerand file] [-provider name]
       [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq] [password]

DESCRIPTION
       This command computes the hash of a password typed at run-time or the hash of each password
       in a list.  The password list is taken from the named file for option -in, from stdin for
       option -stdin, or from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise.

OPTIONS
       -help
           Print out a usage message.

       -1  Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm 1 (default).

       -apr1
           Use the apr1 algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).

       -aixmd5
           Use the AIX MD5 algorithm (AIX variant of the BSD algorithm).

       -5
       -6  Use the SHA256 / SHA512 based algorithms defined by Ulrich Drepper.  See
           <https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt>.

       -salt string
           Use the specified salt.  When reading a password from the terminal, this implies
           -noverify.

       -in file
           Read passwords from file.

       -stdin
           Read passwords from stdin.

       -noverify
           Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal.

       -quiet
           Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are truncated.

       -table
           In the output list, prepend the cleartext password and a TAB character to each password
           hash.

       -reverse
           When the -table option is used, reverse the order of cleartext and hash.

       -rand files, -writerand file
           See "Random State Options" in openssl(1) for details.

       -provider name
       -provider-path path
       -propquery propq
           See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).

EXAMPLES
         % openssl passwd -1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
         $1$xxxxxxxx$UYCIxa628.9qXjpQCjM4a.

         % openssl passwd -apr1 -salt xxxxxxxx password
         $apr1$xxxxxxxx$dxHfLAsjHkDRmG83UXe8K0

         % openssl passwd -aixmd5 -salt xxxxxxxx password
         xxxxxxxx$8Oaipk/GPKhC64w/YVeFD/

HISTORY
       The -crypt option was removed in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in
       compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source
       distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.



3.0.2                                        2026-06-02                         OPENSSL-PASSWD(1SSL)