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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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