This is a little help to build the crypted passwords to be insered into the tadabase. ./crypt is a simple program that use the standard C function crypt. ./crypt <clean passwd> <seed> You can generate both old style password (max 8 char) and new long and more secure md5 password. old : use a seed of 2 char, others are ignored. md5 : format the seed as follow : S1$<md5 seed> the seed can be 8 char long, others are ignored. that's all, simple !!!