Crate xcrypt

Bindings for libxcrypt.

Examples

Hash a phrase with the best available hashing method and default parameters:

use xcrypt::{crypt, crypt_gensalt};

let setting = crypt_gensalt(None, 0, None).unwrap();
crypt("hello", &setting);

You can also explicitly request a specific hashing method:

use xcrypt::{crypt, crypt_gensalt};

let setting = crypt_gensalt(Some("$6$"), 0, None).unwrap();
crypt("hello", &setting);

Enums

Error

Functions

crypt

Irreversibly hash phrase for storage in the system password database (shadow(5)) using a cryptographic hashing method.

crypt_gensalt

Compile a string for use as the setting argument to crypt.