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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:47:16 +1100
From:      Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
To:        phk@freebsd.org
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: changing password... 
Message-ID:  <199702152347.KAA01118@nemeton.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <14434.856046887@critter.dk.tfs.com> 

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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



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