Creating standalone passwords in /etc/passwd format

[Gareth Bailey]

I have had a look at crypt (enigma), but it doesn't appear to use the
same algorithm? I need the same as that used in passwd!

Thanks

On 8/15/05, Gareth Bailey <gjbailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am using pserver for authentication on CVS. Rather than use the same
> passwords as in /etc/passwd, I'd rather create different ones for
> users. How would I output a password to, for example, a text file in
> the same format as that of /etc/passwd.
> 
> i.e: # xxx mynewpassword > encrypted_password.txt
> 
> 
> Thanks!
>