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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-03-02 16:37:17 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-03-02 16:37:17 (GMT)
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\section{\module{crypt} ---
- The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords.}
-\declaremodule{builtin}{crypt}
+ Function used to check \UNIX{} passwords}
-\modulesynopsis{The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{} passwords.}
+\declaremodule{builtin}{crypt}
+ \platform{UNIX}
+\modulesynopsis{The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check \UNIX{}
+ passwords.}
+\moduleauthor{Steven D. Majewski}{sdm7g@virginia.edu}
+\sectionauthor{Steven D. Majewski}{sdm7g@virginia.edu}
This module implements an interface to the \manpage{crypt}{3} routine,
@@ -16,9 +20,9 @@ attempting to crack \UNIX{} passwords with a dictionary.
\var{word} will usually be a user's password. \var{salt} is a
2-character string which will be used to select one of 4096 variations
of DES\indexii{cipher}{DES}. The characters in \var{salt} must be
-either \code{.}, \code{/}, or an alphanumeric character. Returns the
-hashed password as a string, which will be composed of characters from
-the same alphabet as the salt.
+either \character{.}, \character{/}, or an alphanumeric character.
+Returns the hashed password as a string, which will be composed of
+characters from the same alphabet as the salt.
\end{funcdesc}
The module and documentation were written by Steve Majewski.