NAME
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crypt - crypt a password
SYNTAX
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string crypt(string password);
or
int crypt(string typed_password, string crypted_password);
DESCRIPTION
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This function crypts and verifies a short string. (normally only
the first 8 characters are significant) The first syntax crypts
the string password into something that is hopefully hard to decrypt,
and the second function crypts the first string and verifies that the
crypted result matches the second argument and returns 1 if they
matched, 0 otherwise.
EXAMPLES
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To crypt a password use:
- crypted_password = crypt(typed_password);
To see if the same password was used again use:
- matched = crypt(typed_password, crypted_password);
KEYWORDS
string