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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Subject: Re: SCO password generator
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Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 04:00:42 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May14.040042.15199@jpradley.jpr.com>
References: <1991May06.144015.17086@dircon.co.uk>

In article <1991May06.144015.17086@dircon.co.uk> uaa1006@dircon.co.uk (Peter Miles) writes:
>Does anyone know if it's possible to access the SCO UNIX password
>generator from outside the 'passwd' command?
>
>(The generator outputs a pronounceable, but non-real word for 
>more password security.)

Since it's part of a binary program -- /bin/passwd --, I'd say the answer is
no, unless you have a nice convenient way to disassemble /bin/passwd and 
extract just that part of the code.

Jean-Pierre Radley   Unix in NYC   jpr@jpr.com   jpradley!jpr   CIS: 72160,1341