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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-03-06 11:19:19 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-03-06 11:19:19 +0000
commit3d9493acff458dfdedc50907fb6ab2ac8782a3b0 (patch)
tree5f650657de1c8845e4a2a4d82115ae39c0b6a16c /usr.bin/encrypt
parent7f220404fd8f1afdfed469a10a18ca4d75f6c350 (diff)
make "makekey" clearer;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/encrypt')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/encrypt/encrypt.112
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/encrypt/encrypt.1 b/usr.bin/encrypt/encrypt.1
index c8d46cb213b..a0fece2b80b 100644
--- a/usr.bin/encrypt/encrypt.1
+++ b/usr.bin/encrypt/encrypt.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: encrypt.1,v 1.19 2007/03/06 11:16:55 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: encrypt.1,v 1.20 2007/03/06 11:19:18 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996, Jason Downs. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ prints the encrypted form of
to the standard output.
This is mostly useful for encrypting passwords from within scripts.
.Pp
+When invoked as
+.Nm makekey ,
+a single combined key and salt are read from standard
+input and the DES encrypted result is written to standard output without a
+terminating newline.
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl k
Run in
.Nm makekey
-compatible mode; a single combined key and salt are read from standard
-input and the DES encrypted result is written to standard output without a
-terminating newline.
+compatible mode.
.It Fl b Ar rounds
Encrypt the string using Blowfish hashing with the specified
.Ar rounds .