NAME

       xencrypt, xdecrypt, passwd2des - RFS password encryption

SYNOPSIS

       #include <rpc/des_crypt.h>

       void passwd2des(char *passwd, char *key);

       int xencrypt(char *secret, char *passwd);

       int xdecrypt(char *secret, char *passwd);

DESCRIPTION

       The  function passwd2des() takes a character string passwd of arbitrary length and fills a
       character array key of length 8.  The array key is suitable for use as DES  key.   It  has
       odd  parity  set  in  bit  0  of  each byte.  Both other functions described here use this
       function to turn their argument passwd into a DES key.

       The xencrypt() function takes the ASCII character string secret given in hex,  which  must
       have  a length that is a multiple of 16, encrypts it using the DES key derived from passwd
       by passwd2des(), and outputs the result again in secret  as  a  hex  string  of  the  same
       length.

       The xdecrypt() function performs the converse operation.

RETURN VALUE

       The functions xencrypt() and xdecrypt() return 1 on success and 0 on error.

VERSIONS

       These routines are present in libc 4.6.27 and later, and in glibc 2.1 and later.

BUGS

       The prototypes are missing from the abovementioned include file.

SEE ALSO

       cbc_crypt(3)

COLOPHON

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                                            2003-04-04                                  XCRYPT(3)