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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 293a81a..d6be689 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -500,6 +500,24 @@ Calling the class or definition from outside the current module will fail. For e *Type*: statement +#### `pw_hash` + +Hashes a password using the crypt function. Provides a hash usable on most POSIX systems. + +The first argument to this function is the password to hash. If it is undef or an empty string, this function returns undef. + +The second argument to this function is which type of hash to use. It will be converted into the appropriate crypt(3) hash specifier. Valid hash types are: + +|Hash type |Specifier| +|---------------------|---------| +|MD5 |1 | +|SHA-256 |5 | +|SHA-512 (recommended)|6 | + +The third argument to this function is the salt to use. + +Note: this uses the Puppet Master's implementation of crypt(3). If your environment contains several different operating systems, ensure that they are compatible before using this function. + #### `range` When given range in the form of '(start, stop)', `range` extrapolates a range as an array. For example, `range("0", "9")` returns [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. Zero-padded strings are converted to integers automatically, so `range("00", "09")` returns [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. |