Re: Shadow passwords

From: Mike (foor_at_bar.com)
Date: 12/09/03

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Date: 9 Dec 2003 13:49:35 GMT

Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote in news:3FD54F65.3090702@tmr.com:

> Good thought! That will do it, the passwords is not in clear text
> format. Would be vastly more useful if it was, of course.
>

Only in the case that you're, for example, migrating users from other
architecture, you can simply hash a standard password (for example
'password') and pass this hash as the parameter.
Then instruct your users to change the password, or configure things to
request a password change on first logon.
Not very useful for everyday use...
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