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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:47:16 +1100
From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:48:07 +0100  Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> Why don't we have an option for /usr/bin/passwd to input a precoded
> password ?
> 
> 	$ passwd -c phk
> 	Please enter encrypted password: $1$8cEEj84y$GCYmM39miP8Fc9K8iAHTI/
> 	Please reenter: $1$8cEEj84y$GCYmM39miP8Fc9K8iAHTI/
> 	$

Yes please!  I'm tired of working out how different Unix flavours lock
the password database when writing localised adduser scripts.

Giles