Improve usability of 'openssl passwd' by including

password verification where it makes sense.

CHANGES

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7  [xx XXX 2000]
 
+  *) In 'openssl passwd', verify passwords read from the terminal
+     unless the '-salt' option is used (which usually means that
+     verification would just waste user's time since the resulting
+     hash is going to be compared with some given password hash)
+     or the new '-noverify' option is used.
+
+     This is an incompatible change, but it does not affect
+     non-interactive use of 'openssl passwd' (passwords on the command
+     line, '-stdin' option, '-in ...' option) and thus should not
+     cause any problems.
+     [Bodo Moeller]
+
   *) Remove all references to RSAref, since there's no more need for it.
      [Richard Levitte]
 

apps/passwd.c

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int do_passwd(int passed_salt, char **salt_p, char **salt_malloc_p,
  * -salt string  - salt
  * -in file      - read passwords from file
  * -stdin        - read passwords from stdin
+ * -noverify     - never verify when reading password from terminal
  * -quiet        - no warnings
  * -table        - format output as table
  * -reverse      - switch table columns
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 	int ret = 1;
 	char *infile = NULL;
 	int in_stdin = 0;
+	int in_noverify = 0;
 	char *salt = NULL, *passwd = NULL, **passwds = NULL;
 	char *salt_malloc = NULL, *passwd_malloc = NULL;
 	size_t passwd_malloc_size = 0;
@@ -128,6 +130,8 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 			else
 				badopt = 1;
 			}
+		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-noverify") == 0)
+			in_noverify = 1;
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-quiet") == 0)
 			quiet = 1;
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-table") == 0)
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-salt string       use provided salt\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-in file           read passwords from file\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-stdin             read passwords from stdin\n");
+		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-noverify          never verify when reading password from terminal\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-quiet             no warnings\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-table             format output as table\n");
 		BIO_printf(bio_err, "-reverse           switch table columns\n");
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 		
 		passwds = passwds_static;
 		if (in == NULL)
-			if (EVP_read_pw_string(passwd_malloc, passwd_malloc_size, "Password: ", 0) != 0)
+			if (EVP_read_pw_string(passwd_malloc, passwd_malloc_size, "Password: ", !(passed_salt || in_noverify)) != 0)
 				goto err;
 		passwds[0] = passwd_malloc;
 		}

doc/apps/passwd.pod

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ B<openssl passwd>
 [B<-salt> I<string>]
 [B<-in> I<file>]
 [B<-stdin>]
+[B<-noverify>]
 [B<-quiet>]
 [B<-table>]
 {I<password>}
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ B<openssl passwd>
 The B<passwd> command computes the hash of a password typed at
 run-time or the hash of each password in a list.  The password list is
 taken from the named file for option B<-in file>, from stdin for
-option B<-stdin>, and from the command line otherwise.
+option B<-stdin>, or from the command line, or from the terminal otherwise.
 The Unix standard algorithm B<crypt> and the MD5-based BSD password
 algorithm B<1> and its Apache variant B<apr1> are available.
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ Use the B<apr1> algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm).
 =item B<-salt> I<string>
 
 Use the specified salt.
+When reading a password from the terminal, this implies B<-noverify>.
 
 =item B<-in> I<file>
 
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ Read passwords from I<file>.
 
 Read passwords from B<stdin>.
 
+=item B<-noverify>
+
+Don't verify when reading a password from the terminal.
+
 =item B<-quiet>
 
 Don't output warnings when passwords given at the command line are truncated.