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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:47:49 +0200
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        Jouke Dijkstra <jouke@epsilon.nl>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: adduser mail
Message-ID:  <199606241647.SAA01474@campa.panke.de>
In-Reply-To: <31CEB685.41C67EA6@epsilon.nl>
References:  <11828.835624782@time.cdrom.com> <31CEB685.41C67EA6@epsilon.nl>

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Jouke Dijkstra writes:
>Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>> Am I alone in thinking that adduser's current default behavior of mailing
>> the user their password in plaintext is somehow wrong?
>
>This tweaks my mind. It's a users initial password. No-one can read
>without knowing it. 

Adduser ask for a second email address for initial message. This may
be a remote email address.

Wolfram



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