Cool!

I think that is just what I needed.

So why isn't this tool mention in chpass, user/useradd, and crypt?

John Maier
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Squier" <groo@old-ones.com>
To: "John Maier" <jmaier@midamerica.net>
Cc: <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: Help me understand why there is no UNIX utility to encrypt a
password?


> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:36:58PM -0600, John Maier wrote:
> > Okay, help me understand...
> >
> > chpass, useradd, vipw all give you access to encrypted passwords or at
least
> > you can add a password that is already encrypted.
> >
> > So how is one suppose to encrypt the password?
>
> % man 8 makekey
> % /usr/libexec/makekey
>
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> Bill Squier (groo@old-ones.com)
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