I found my self in a dilemma here recently, I needed to generate my own md5 hash password on the fly (encryption).
So I found 3 ways to do this:
shell: php -r 'echo md5("test");'
098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6
mysql: select md5('test');
098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6
shell: echo -n test | md5sum
098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6
Learn more about md5 encryption here
If you are new to CVS and Drupal, and if you prefer(as me) to use command line(bash) instead of GUI based CVS programs.
Then this guide is for you!
There are basicly 5 stages: