get_seed_es(3) get_seed_es(3) NAME get_seed_es - Obtain a drand48 seed value for an extended profile (Enhanced Security) SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/security.h> #include <prot.h> long get_seed_es( struct es_passwd *prpwd ); LIBRARY Security Library (libsecurity.so) PARAMETERS Specifies a pointer to the protected profile structure (prpasswd) DESCRIPTION Returns a hashed value of the protected profile for use in random-num‐ ber generation, such as that used with lrand48 or drand48 and so forth. The get_seed_es() function is used by the login and passwd commands under ENHANCED security to initialize the seed value for password gen‐ eration. RETURN VALUES The computed hash value for the extended profile. SEE ALSO getespwent(3) get_seed_es(3)[top]
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