running crypt() from the command line

I've recently been given the task of creating a set of linux user accounts with predetermined passwords. This is easier said than done, because the useradd, adduser, and usermod commands only accept passwords that are encrypted instead of in plaintext. They require the password to be encrypted with the unix crypt() function, which doesn't have a command-line executable, AFAIK. It turns out that a really easy way to encrypt a string is to use the openssl command:

openssl passwd <your plaintext password>

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