Re: crypt() woes - error in man page?

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@crosswinds.net>]

Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> writes:

> 	#include<stdio.h>
> 	#include<crypt.h>
> 	int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> 	{
> 		char salt1[] = "ab";
> 		char salt2[] = "$1$12345678";
> 		char key[] = "password";    /*   :-)   */
> 		char *pass1 = crypt(salt1, key);
> 		char *pass2 = crypt(salt2, key);
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^
shouldn't that be ...(key, salt1) and ...(key,salt2) instead?

This gives the output:
# ./a.out
DES: abJnggxhB/yWI
MD5: $1$12345678$o2n/JiO/h5VviOInWJ4OQ/

Hubert