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.TH CRYPT_GENSALT_IMPL 3C "Jun 10, 2002"
.SH NAME
crypt_gensalt_impl \- generate salt for password encryption
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <crypt.h>

\fBchar *\fR\fBcrypt_gensalt_impl\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIgsbuffer\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIgsbufflen\fR,
     \fBconst char *\fR\fIoldsalt\fR, \fBconst struct passwd *\fR\fIuserinfo\fR,
     \fBconst char **\fR\fIparams\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBcrypt_gensalt_impl()\fR function is called by \fBcrypt_gensalt\fR(3C) to
generate the salt for password encryption.
.sp
.LP
The \fIgsbuffer\fR argument is a pointer to an MT-safe buffer of size
\fIgsbufflen\fR.
.sp
.LP
The \fIoldsalt\fR and \fIuserinfo\fR arguments are passed unchanged from
\fBcrypt_gensalt\fR(3C).
.sp
.LP
The \fIparams\fR argument is an \fIargv\fR-like null terminated vector of type
\fBchar *\fR. The first element of \fIparams\fR represents the mechanism token
name from \fBcrypt.conf\fR(5). The remaining elements of \fIparams\fR represent
strings of the form <\fBparameter\fR>[=<\fBvalue\fR>] to allow passing in
additional information from the \fBcrypt.conf\fR entry, such as specifying
rounds information "\fBrounds=4096\fR".
.sp
.LP
The value returned by \fBcrypt_gensalt_impl()\fR points to a thread-specific
buffer to be freed by the caller of \fBcrypt_gensalt\fR(3C) after calling
\fBcrypt\fR(3C).
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBcrypt_gensalt_impl()\fR returns a pointer to the
new salt. Otherwise a null pointer is returned and \fBerrno\fR is set to
indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
The \fBcrypt_gensalt_impl()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
The configuration file \fBcrypt.conf\fR contains an invalid entry.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBELIBACC\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
The required crypt shared library was not found.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBENOMEM\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 11n
There is insufficient memory to perform hashing.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Evolving
_
MT-Level	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR passwd (1),
.BR crypt (3C),
.BR crypt_genhash_impl (3C),
.BR crypt_gensalt (3C),
.BR getpassphrase (3C),
.BR crypt.conf (5),
.BR passwd (5),
.BR attributes (7)