The following example encodes a password, and also shows comparison of a password with the encoded value. $ encode-password -l 3DES AES BASE64 BLOWFISH CLEAR CRYPT MD5 RC4 SHA SMD5 SSHA SSHA256 SSHA384 SSHA512 $ encode-password -c secret12 -s CRYPT Encoded Password: "{CRYPT}ZulJ6Dy3TFnrE" $ encode-password -c secret12 -s CRYPT -e "{CRYPT}ZulJ6Dy3TFnrE" -r The provided clear-text and encoded passwords match $ echo $? 6