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Date:      Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:29:28 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Security bug in getpwent?
Message-ID:  <199902151729.MAA09832@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199902142010.XAA01375@shuttle.svib.ru>
References:  <199902142010.XAA01375@shuttle.svib.ru>

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<<On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:10:34 +0300, Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru> said:

> I've just noticed that getpwent, returning * as password, doesn't set 
> _PWF_PASS in pw_fields, allowing anyone logged in locally to find all 
> non-passworded accounts and leaving absolutely no traces.

Don't do that, then.

-GAWollman

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