pwdhash
Use the pwdhash program to hash a password, verify a password or generate a salt. The program accepts arguments and outputs the hashed password on standard output.
Usage
pwdhash.exe <hash|verify|saltgen> <options>
Argument | Description |
|---|---|
hash | Generates a password hash |
verify | Verifies a password against a hash |
saltgen | Generates a salt |
-help | Print out help/usage message and exit |
-v, --version | Print out version and exit |
-encalg <b64—hex> | Encoding algorithm to use |
-hash <hash> | Input hash to verify |
-hashalg <sha256—sha512—sha1—md5> | Hashing algorithm to use |
-password <password> | The password to hash/verify |
-prefix <prefix> | output prefix |
-salt <salt> | The optional salt to use when verifying |
-salt-chars <salt-chars> | Optional character set to use for salt |
-saltlen <saltlen> | Optional length of salt to generate |
Examples
To use pwdhash to generate a password hash with base64 encoding and a SHA1 hashing algorithm, type:
pwdhash.exe hash -encalg b64 -hashalg sha1 -password ThePassword
To generate a password hash with base64 encoding and a SHA512 hashing algorithm:
echo "ThePassword" | pwdhash.exe hash -encalg b64 -hashalg sha512 -prefix {SHA512}