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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:29:40 -0500
From:      Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>
To:        <robin@isometry.net>
Cc:        mike@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, bmah@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: adduser(8) in 5.0-R
Message-ID:  <20030121172941.LGM10203.pop017.verizon.net@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <002e01c2c15a$71d0ec50$026ca8c0@ishadow>
References:  <20030121085432.A96257@espresso.q9media.com> <002e01c2c15a$71d0ec50$026ca8c0@ishadow>

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I have cc'ed bmah, because I think it should be in the errata.

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:36:11 -0000
"Robin Breathe" <robin@isometry.net> wrote:

> Hmmm, it might be worth mentioning, since md5 is the default passwd hash,
> it's not infeasible that someone might choose "`rm -rf /`", or similar, as
> their passwd... Which would have somewhat unpleasant results since adduser
> runs as root.

Well, you would have to be root to run it in the first place, but I deserve the
pointy hat none the less.

Cheers.
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