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Subject: vipw and password encryption 386BSD
Date: 8 Dec 1992 13:12:27 -0600
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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