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.TH BNPASS 1 "09 April, 1999" "BNETD" "BNETD User's Manual"
.SH NAME
bnpass \- bnetd password utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bnpass
[\fIoptions\fP]
[--]
[\fIcleartextpassword\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.
.LP
If
.I cleartextpassword
is not specified you will be prompted to enter it into the standard
input.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h --help --usage
Print usage information and exit.
.TP
.B \-v --version
Print its version number and exit.
.TP
.B --
Signal end of options.  Any further arguments will be treated as
passwords even if they begin with a "-".
.SH NOTES
The current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:
.LP
.RS
.I http://www.bnetd.org/
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR bnetd (1),
.BR bnchat (1),
.BR bnftp (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Ross Combs (\fIross@bnetd.org\fP)