System Administration Guide, Volume 2

Password-Mapping Feature

The stacking method can require that a user remember several passwords. With the password-mapping feature, the primary password is used to decrypt the other passwords, so the user doesn't need to remember or enter multiple passwords. The other option is to synchronize the passwords across each authentication mechanism. Note that this could increase the security risk, since the security of each mechanism is limited by the least secure password method used in the stack.