#!/bin/sh
# This file is in the public domain
# Note: requires an echo that understands '-n', an expr that understands
# 'quote', and of course the md5sum command. In short, this is not very
# likely to work on non-GNUish systems. Too bad for now.
if [ "$1" = "" ]
then
echo Usage: $0 cleartext [salt]
exit 1
fi
CLEAR=$1
if [ "$2" != "" ]
then
# Take first 4 chars of salt argument (padded on right if shorter)
SALT=`expr substr ${2}ABCD 1 4`
else
# Take last 4 chars of what 'tempfile' gives if none
SALT=`tempfile` ; rm -f $SALT
SALT=`expr substr \( quote ABCD${SALT} \) \( \( length \( quote ABCD${SALT} \) \) - 3 \) 4`
fi
echo "Md5-Hex-Password: ${SALT}\$"`echo -n ${CLEAR}${SALT} | md5sum`
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