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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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