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Pierangelo Masarati 2005-01-11 01:10:22 +00:00
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.BR sprintf (3)
format and may include one (and only one) %s conversion.
This conversion will be substituted with a string random
characters from [A\-Za\-z0\-9./]. For example, "%.2s"
provides a two character salt and "$1$%.8s" tells some
characters from [A\-Za\-z0\-9./]. For example, '%.2s'
provides a two character salt and '$1$%.8s' tells some
versions of crypt(3) to use an MD5 algorithm and provides
8 random characters of salt. The default is "%s", which
8 random characters of salt. The default is '%s', which
provides 31 characters of salt.
.SH LIMITATIONS
The practice storing hashed passwords in userPassword violates