NAME

       ns_crypt - commands

SYNOPSIS

       ns_crypt key salt

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DESCRIPTION

       ns_crypt  encrypted  the key, also known as the password, using the salt and returns the result.  It uses
       the same algorithm as the unix crypt command.

       The result from ns_crypt is a 13-character string.  The first two characters correspond to the salt,  and
       the remaining eleven characters correspond to the password encrypted with the specified salt.

       The password is a string (typically that of a password to be used for nscp and/or nsperm authentication).

       salt should be two characters, typically from the set [a-zA-Z0-9./].  If the empty string is specified as
       the salt then ns_crypt returns the empty string.  If a string longer than two characters is specified for
       the  salt  it is truncated to two characters.  If a one character salt is provided the output will appear
       to have a two-character salt (the single character repeated),  however,  the  encrypted  value  does  not
       correspond  to  the  same  password being encrypted with the equivalent two character salt.  (As a result
       sticking with a two character salt is highly recommended.)

       Input to ns_crypt is case-sensitive.

EXAMPLES

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver ns
        ns0WvClsyIL4A

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver NS
        NSDQ1dPM.409Q

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver tcl
        tcAbgtlzbEhVc

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver tc
        tcAbgtlzbEhVc

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver ..
        ..7TNvXHLxJ9Y

        nscp> ns_crypt aolserver .
        ..fwmBaZuzrRs

SEE ALSO

       nsd(1), info(n), nscp, nsperm, crypt(3)

KEYWORDS

AOLserver                                              4.0                                  ns_crypt(3aolserver)