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From: David Gibson
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00

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Brad Dixon (brad@pip.com.au) wrote:
: Does anybody know of a passwd command for shadow passwords that runs
: fully on the command line e.g -

:  passwd fred fredsnewpasswd

	Such a passwd tool, whether for shadow or not would be an extremely
bad idea, security-wise. The command line to a process is readable by
_anyone_ who does a ps at the right time., so you would be effectively
broadcasting fredsnewpasswd to anyone who's looking for it.

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From: david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au (David Gibson)
Subject: Re: QUICK QUERY !!
Date: 1997/05/25
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