encrypt

Use the encrypt command to generate an encrypted password for use in the configuration file. This command takes text from standard input and generates 7-bit ASCII-equivalent characters (uuencode).

Syntax

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password
Specifies the password to be encrypted.

Example: Encrypting a password

The following command encrypts the specified password: 

tpctool encrypt myverylongpassword