# HG changeset patch
# User Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
# Date 1041772298 -7200
# Node ID 77a0eb2b5397b60734b95adc47924f7a3f4cf874
# Parent  fd8888f6f037710d66b0d2461db38a3a40499c7f
Updates to MD5 passwords.

diff -r fd8888f6f037 -r 77a0eb2b5397 doc/auth.txt
--- a/doc/auth.txt	Sun Jan 05 15:09:51 2003 +0200
+++ b/doc/auth.txt	Sun Jan 05 15:11:38 2003 +0200
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
 
 Realm is useful only with Digest-MD5 authentication. It's possible to have
 multiple users with same name but in different realms. If plaintext is used
-to log in, the user is searched from all the realms, and first found is
-used.
+to log in, user is expected to be in no realm.
 
 The password field is in format: <data> "[" <type> "]", like "foo[13]".
 Type can be one of the following:
@@ -90,7 +89,23 @@
 34 methods are compatible with PAM module pwdfile. Only the 56 method works
 with Digest-MD5 authentication.
 
-Easiest way to generate Digest-MD5 passwords is to use perl:
+DES
+---
+
+Use either mkpasswd, or:
+
+perl -e 'print crypt("pass", "two-letter-salt")."\n"'
+
+MD5
+---
 
-perl -MDigest::MD5 -e 'print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("user:realm:pass")."\n"'
+perl -MDigest::MD5 -e 'print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("pass")."[34]\n"'
+
+Digest-MD5
+----------
 
+perl -MDigest::MD5 -e 'print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("user:realm:pass")."[56]\n"'
+
+For plaintext authentication:
+
+perl -MDigest::MD5 -e 'print Digest::MD5::md5_hex("user::pass")."[56]\n"'