generate.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Generate - create a crypted password for use with acrotsr
# Copyright (C) 2000 Zachary P. Landau <kapheine@hypa.net>
#
#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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use strict;
use Term::ReadKey;

my (@password, $salt);

print "Enter desired password: ";
ReadMode 'noecho';
$password[0] = ReadLine(0);
chop($password[0]);
print "\n";
print "Retype password: ";
$password[1] = ReadLine(0);
chop($password[1]);
print "\n";
print "Desired salt (two characters): ";
$salt = ReadLine(0);
chop($salt);
print "\n";
ReadMode 'normal';

if ($password[0] eq $password[1]) {
  if ($salt =~ /^[a-zA-Z]{2}$/) {
    die("Crypted password: " . crypt($password[0], $salt) . "\n");
  } else {
    die("Invalid salt.\n");
  }
} else {
  die("Passwords do not match.\n");
}