Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:37:19 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: useradd/adduser Message-ID: <20010502213719.C253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20010502214032.F88365@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Wed, May 02, 2001 at 09:40:32PM %2B0300 References: <200105021613.RAA25130@mailgate.kechara.net> <20010502180257.B88365@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010502180543.C88365@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20010502202157.A76656@daphne.unloved.org> <20010502214032.F88365@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 21:40 +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 08:21:57PM +0200, Ashley Penney wrote:
> > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 06:05:43PM +0300, Peter Pentchev said:
> >
> > > And if you're really, really interested, I could give you a
> > > little patch I made some time ago, to add a -H encrypted
> > > pass option to pw(8), which should do exactly what you need
> > > :)
> >
> > What's wrong with chpass -p "crypthere" user ?
>
> OK, several people pointed that out already :) I didn't know
> chpass could do that, ok? :)
Not quite in all respects. There's a short discussion in "man 8
pw" for how the -h option and feeding it from an fd is motivated.
By using pw(8)'s -p option you end up specifying the crypted form
on the command line, again. Whereas producing into an fd could
be done any way you could think of ...
To cut it short: I would be happy to see your (Peter's) -H
option incorporated into pw(8). I assume it does what -h does,
too, but bypasses the crypt(3) call. This should make the patch
short and rather suitable for quick and smooth verification.
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