summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/mkpasswd.1
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>2001-08-26 16:46:23 +0200
committerMarco d'Itri <md@linux.it>2013-03-30 02:31:27 +0100
commita8b3b04bf490c419c3be5d55fd26e092edccfb8f (patch)
tree851ae0e237f454b06d51a0700c82cfb5722725cd /mkpasswd.1
parentbd5fd88c6bb2b9d56f9c359c351a30e52c0a4c18 (diff)
downloadwhois-a8b3b04bf490c419c3be5d55fd26e092edccfb8f.tar.gz
Imported Debian version 4.5.8v4.5.8
Diffstat (limited to 'mkpasswd.1')
-rw-r--r--mkpasswd.12
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mkpasswd.1 b/mkpasswd.1
index 2d16ed7..706daa0 100644
--- a/mkpasswd.1
+++ b/mkpasswd.1
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Compute the password using the \fITYPE\fP algorithm.
.TP
.B -s, --stdin
Read the password from stdin instead of using \fIgetpass(3)\fP.
+If stdin is not connected to a tty then no other message than the hashed
+password is printed on stdout.
.SH BUGS
If the \fI--stdin\fP option is used, passwords containing some control
characters may not be read correctly.