.TH MAXPASSWD "1" "August 2024" "maxpasswd  " "User Commands"
.SH NAME
maxpasswd
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B maxpasswd
[\fI\,-h|--help\/\fR] [\fI\,-i|--interactive\/\fR] [\fI\,-d|--decrypt\/\fR] [\fI\,path\/\fR] \fI\,password\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Encrypt a MaxScale plaintext password using the encryption key in the key file
\&'.secrets'. The key file may be generated using the 'maxkeys'\-utility.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display this help.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decrypt\fR
Decrypt an encrypted password instead.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR  \- If maxpasswd is reading from a pipe, it will read a line and
use that as the password.
.TP
\- If maxpasswd is connected to a terminal console, it will prompt
for the password.
.TP
If '\-i' is specified, a single argument is assumed to be the path
and two arguments is treated like an error.
.TP
path
The key file directory (default: '/home/markusjm/build\-develop/data/lib/maxscale')
.TP
password
The password to encrypt or decrypt