Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:31:20 +0000 From: Bart Smit <bit@signature.nl> To: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing password... Message-ID: <1.5.4.16.19970215233120.09df75f2@pollux.or.signature.nl>
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At 02:57 PM 2/15/97 -0800, Snob Art Genre wrote: >On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> Why don't we have an option for /usr/bin/passwd to input a precoded >> password ? >Well, root can already do it with vipw, and why would anyone else need to? Example: to change my my password securely when I had to log in from another location. I like the idea. As far as I can see it doesn't hurt to have it. Bart
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