format a crypt string

[Anon]

since I can't echo a md5 encrypted string on a command line like: $1$3etGeBcI$2uyk9hR/jsiTrAK82cDth. and I can't format it using str_replace like:
$crypt = str_replace("$", "\$", crypt($password)); it still ends up $1$3etGeBcI$2uyk9hR/jsiTrAK82cDth. is there something special to do to format a crypt string whereever there is a .

Thanks,
Johns

[mmilano]

i don't understand. if you would want to echo an encrypted variable, you could use this:

<?
$md=md5("something_to_encrypt");
echo $md;
?>

if that's not what you want, explain a little more.

[Anon]

Well the goal of my project is for users to make accounts on the system on my linux system using the useradd user -p encrypted string

to my knowledge I have to use a cryped string with my -p option in useradd
that is why I need to echo it

John