Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

genpassword

Accepts the clear-text value of a password and generates the encoded and encrypted form for the specified password.

Operating system	Syntax
UNIX Windows	genpassword -password text [ -verify encrypted-password ]

-password text

Where text is the clear-text value of the real password. When you specify the -password option alone, the tool displays a string of characters that represent the encrypted password value. You can then use this value directly to manually specify a required password as a property or command-line parameter value when manually configuring an OpenEdge client or server.

-verify encrypted-password

Where encrypted-password is the value of the encrypted password. When you specify the -verify option, the tool displays a message indicating if the real password and the encrypted password value match one another.