[Dovecot] adding users to passwd-file

[Heiko Schlittermann]

Phil Howard <ttiphil at gmail.com> (Mo 26 Apr 2010 22:31:45 CEST):
> Is there a tool equivalent to the system "passwd" command (or maybe
> "adduser" or "useradd") that can support a passwd-file by setting a
> password, encrypting it with the salted MD5 scheme?  The system "passwd"
> command doesn't have an option to "do it to this alternate file instead of
> /etc/shadow".

Some people use „htpasswd“, but there not password scheme is coded into
the password hash.

It's not clear what you're seeking - some tool for generating the hashed
string (e.g. „openssl passwd -1 "$cleartext"“) or some tool for managing the
entries in the (dovecot) password file.

    Best regards from Dresden/Germany
    Viele Grüße aus Dresden
    Heiko Schlittermann
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