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authorEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2012-06-27 15:58:17 -0400
committerEli Collins <elic@assurancetechnologies.com>2012-06-27 15:58:17 -0400
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md5_crypt deprecated by author, updated docs accordingly
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diff --git a/passlib/handlers/md5_crypt.py b/passlib/handlers/md5_crypt.py
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--- a/passlib/handlers/md5_crypt.py
+++ b/passlib/handlers/md5_crypt.py
@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@ class md5_crypt(uh.HasManyBackends, _MD5_Common):
If not specified, one will be autogenerated (this is recommended).
If specified, it must be 0-8 characters, drawn from the regexp range ``[./0-9A-Za-z]``.
+ :type salt_size: int
+ :param salt_size:
+ Optional number of characters to use when autogenerating new salts.
+ Defaults to 8, but can be any value between 0 and 8.
+ (This is mainly needed when generating Cisco-compatible hashes,
+ which require ``salt_size=4``).
+
:type relaxed: bool
:param relaxed:
By default, providing an invalid value for one of the other