# man > openssl-passwd(1)

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## 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  

### -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  
           <<https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt>>.

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

### -in _
           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 _ -writerand _
           See "Random State Options" in [**openssl**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/openssl/1/markdown) for details.

### -provider _
### -provider-path _
### -propquery _
           See "Provider Options" in [**openssl**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/openssl/1/markdown), [**provider**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/provider/7/markdown), and [**property**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/property/7/markdown).

## 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>>.

3.0.13                                       2026-07-29                         [_OPENSSL-PASSWD_(1SSL)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/OPENSSL-PASSWD/1SSL/markdown)