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Re: web passwords

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From: Jawad Ali
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00
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In article <6uecc1$5om$1@hubble.csuchico.edu>,
Pythagoras Watson <py@ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
>The local htpasswd command is not the one that they are referring to.
>Theirs does significantly more than the simple perl script that I wrote.
>The local one merely encrypts an asked-for password using the standard Unix
>crypt.  A random salt is chosen unless you enter one on the command line.
>

Thanks Py and Rodmur.  This works.






Jawad
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From: jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali)
Subject: Re: web passwords
Date: 1998/09/24
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