passwd and openssl passwd

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I just bought my first mac. I am trying to change the root password in single user mode using passwd. When I type passwd [username] at the command line, it runs the openssl version of passwd instead of the bsd version. I guess this is a stupid question, but how do I use the bsd version?

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