Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 09:28:31 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adduser mail Message-ID: <199606241528.JAA20586@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <11828.835624782@time.cdrom.com> References: <11828.835624782@time.cdrom.com>
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> Am I alone in thinking that adduser's current default behavior of mailing > the user their password in plaintext is somehow wrong? Yep. If they're able to login to read their email, they already know their password. If they don't, then someone else *might* be able to intercept it somehow. Nate
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