How to encrypt password

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:54:49 +0200, Walter den Besten <w.denbesten at nimbuzz.com> said:

    > In the examples for FAI, the password for root is setup as "fai".
    > I want to use the same way to define a password for an  other local  
    > user which should exist on all our servers.
    > However, I can't find the way to translate "fai" to something like  
    > "$1$kBnWcO.E$djxB128U7dMkrltJHPf6d1"

    > Could someone tell me how?
echo "yoursecrectpassword" | mkpasswd -Hmd5 -s

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regards Thomas