Re: \'useradd -p\' problems.

From: Blue Boar (BlueBoar@thievco.com)
Date: 08/28/01 

Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 14:30:43 -0700
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar@thievco.com>
Subject: Re: \'useradd -p\' problems.
To: vuln-dev@securityfocus.com
Message-id: <3B8C0D83.DA67D81D@thievco.com>

joetesta@hushmail.com wrote:
>
> 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:
>

Many people are sending messages to the effect of RTFM. The way I read
the query, he's wondering why it's not going directly into shadow,
not why doesn't it hash properly.

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