select sha256_crypt('Hello world!', '$5$saltstring'); sha256_crypt ----------------------------------------------------------- $5$saltstring$5B8vYYiY.CVt1RlTTf8KbXBH3hsxY/GNooZaBBGWEc5 (1 row) select sha256_crypt('Hello world!', '$5$rounds=10000$saltstringsaltstring'); sha256_crypt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $5$rounds=10000$saltstringsaltst$3xv.VbSHBb41AL9AvLeujZkZRBAwqFMz2.opqey6IcA (1 row) select sha256_crypt('This is just a test', '$5$rounds=5000$toolongsaltstring'); sha256_crypt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- $5$rounds=5000$toolongsaltstrin$Un/5jzAHMgOGZ5.mWJpuVolil07guHPvOW8mGRcvxa5 (1 row) select sha256_crypt('a very much longer text to encrypt. This one even stretches over morethan one line.', '$5$rounds=1400$anotherlongsaltstring'); sha256_crypt ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- $5$rounds=1400$anotherlongsalts$Rx.j8H.h8HjEDGomFU8bDkXm3XIUnzyxf12oP84Bnq1 (1 row) select sha256_crypt('we have a short salt string but not a short password', '$5$rounds=77777$short'); sha256_crypt ------------------------------------------------------------------- $5$rounds=77777$short$JiO1O3ZpDAxGJeaDIuqCoEFysAe1mZNJRs3pw0KQRd/ (1 row) select sha256_crypt('a short string', '$5$rounds=123456$asaltof16chars..'); sha256_crypt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $5$rounds=123456$asaltof16chars..$gP3VQ/6X7UUEW3HkBn2w1/Ptq2jxPyzV/cZKmF/wJvD (1 row) select sha256_crypt('the minimum number is still observed', '$5$rounds=10$roundstoolow'); sha256_crypt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $5$rounds=1000$roundstoolow$yfvwcWrQ8l/K0DAWyuPMDNHpIVlTQebY9l/gL972bIC (1 row)