How to create encrypted password via command line

[Chris St. Pierre]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Anne Moore wrote:

> Yes, it's for Openldap. Unfortunately, slappasswd is not installed on any of
> our Red Hat boxes (60 of them). It's only installed on the one OpenLdap box.
>
> I wanted them to be able to log into any of the boxes, run the create new
> password commands, and then copy the encrypted output and send to the
> administrator so he can change their passwords on Openldap without knowing
> what their password actually is.
>
> Is there a way that you know of that they can copy and past in their own
> encrypted password, bypassing having to send them to the administrator to do
> it?

Why can't you just properly configure nss_ldap so that the passwd
command does the right thing?

Failing that, write a quick Perl script that mimics passwd.  Involving
the administrator at all seems unnecessary here.

Chris St. Pierre
Unix Systems Administrator
Nebraska Wesleyan University