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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!gateway From: /S=BLANSFIE/OU=EM-01/O=CCMGW/PRMD=GOV+USDOE.G02/ADMD=ATTMAIL/C=US/@mailgw.er.doe.gov Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: vipw and password encryption 386BSD Date: 8 Dec 1992 13:12:27 -0600 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 11 Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <CC-MAIL+12_8_92_2#c#01PM+vipw_and_password_encryption_386BSD*_S=BLANSFIE_OU=EM-01_O=CCMGW_PRMD=GOV+USDOE.G02_ADMD=ATTMAIL_C=US_@mailgw> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu Hello, I've been playing with adding users to my system and I noticed something very disturbing. When I run vipw the password field is not encrypted! Is this a feature or a bug or am I missing somthing? Has anyone else seen this? Thanks, Mike blansfie@mailgw.er.doe.gov