Creating a bcrypt-hash value

Owned by Armin Franke
Last updated: Nov 11, 2024 by Benjamin Schröder
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Using htpasswd

The Apache2 utilities provide a tool called htpasswd. Create bcrypt-hashs using this tool.

Example command and output to generate the hash for string “plainpassword”:

$ htpasswd -nbBC 10 USER plainpassword USER:$2y$10$1J2BG6LJYImEcZVRxXn1TOs9iRKLvJvWWSf5/AE5ZOaWUlmZxQJsa

 

Hint: On Linux systems apache2-utils can be installed using the installed package manager. Probably administrative privileges are required, so the sudo command may be required.

Example command when using apt package manager:

  • apt install apache2-utils

 

 

Using tia Password Encoder

kgs provides a little tool to generate bcrypt-Hashs for Java. Therefore this utility can be used in both Windows and Linux environments.

  1. Please find the utility here for download:

  1. Inorder to generate a password hash via Java from Windows command line or Linux terminal, go into the directory containing the jar-file downloaded before and execute this command:

  • java -jar autodigit-password-encoder.jar <password>