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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:48:07 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> said:

> Why don't we have an option for /usr/bin/passwd to input a precoded
> password ?

Because that option is in chpass(1).

-GAWollman

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