Re: \'useradd -p\' problems.
From: Steve Mickeler (steve@neptune.on.ca)Date: 08/28/01
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:54:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Mickeler <steve@neptune.on.ca> To: joetesta@hushmail.com Subject: Re: \'useradd -p\' problems. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0108281552080.17513-100000@triton.neptune.on.ca>
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 joetesta@hushmail.com wrote:
> Hi --
>
> On my Trustix 1.2 box, I noticed that creating a user with 'useradd' and
> the '-p' option (which gives the new user a default password) does not hash
> the password in /etc/shadow:
did you happen to 'man useradd' before posting this ?
-p passwd
The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3). The
default is to disable the account.
"man crypt" would be your next adventure.
> This bug doesn't seem exploitible for two reasons:
Thats because its not a bug.
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