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Article #641Re: weird bug with passwd and /dev/syscon
From: Chris Torek
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1987 17:28
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1987 17:28
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In article <886@csuchic.csuchico.EDU> ronald@csuchico.EDU (Ronald Cole) writes: >",.." ... causes the password to be expired the next time that a >user logs onto the system. ... new users fill out [paper] forms with >their login and password and these are kept on file. We have a program called `newacct' that builds most of the passwd file entry, including the encrypted password, in such a way so that the unencrypted password is not stored anywhere. Such a program is easy to write, given the existence of getpass() and crypt(). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!rlgvax!vrdxhq!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: weird bug with passwd and /dev/syscon Message-ID: <9222@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 12:28:19 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.9222 Posted: Thu Nov 5 12:28:19 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 10:42:34 EST References: <298@boole.acc.virginia.edu> <260@slxsys.co.uk> <886@csuchic.csuchico.EDU> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 12