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Syntax: salt (STR format, STR input)

Generate a crypt() compatible salt string for the specified salt format using the specified binary random input. The specific set of formats supported depends on the libraries used to build the server, but will always include the standard salt format, indicated by the format string "" (the empty string), and the BCrypt salt format, indicated by the format string "$2a$NN$" (where "NN" is the work factor). Other possible formats include MD5 ("$1$"), SHA256 ("$5$") and SHA512 ("$6$"). Both the SHA256 and SHA512 formats support optional rounds.

salt("", ".M") => "iB"
salt("$1$", "~183~1E~C6/~D1") => "$1$MAX54zGo"
salt("$5$", "x~F2~1Fv~ADj~92Y~9E~D4l~C3") => "$5$s7z5qpeOGaZb"
salt("$5$rounds=2000$", "G~7E~A7~F5Q5~B7~0Aa~80T") => "$5$rounds=2000$5trdp5JBreEM"
salt("$6$", "U7~EC!~E8~85~AB~CD~B5+~E1?") => "$6$JR1vVUSVfqQhf2yD"
salt("$6$rounds=5000$", "~ED'~B0~BD~B9~DB^,\\~BD~E7") => "$6$rounds=5000$hT0gxavqSl0L"
salt("$2a$08$", "|~99~86~DEq~94_~F3-~1A~D2#~8C~B5sx") => "$2a$08$dHkE1lESV9KrErGhhJTxc."

Note: To ensure proper security, the random input must be from a sufficiently random source.