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From: gmp@rayssd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do you manage multiple /etc/passwd files?
Message-ID: <660@rayssd.RAY.COM>
Date: Sat, 14-Feb-87 13:04:28 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 14 13:04:28 1987
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References: <2253@felix.UUCP> <286@desoto.UUCP>
Sender: gmp@rayssd.RAY.COM (Gregory M. Paris @ Raytheon Company, Portsmouth RI)
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In article <286@desoto.UUCP> shz@desoto.UUCP (S. Zirin) writes:
> Users should NOT use the same password on more than one computer for obvious 
> security reasons.

Please expound on these "obvious" reasons.  If I found a way to force
users to use a different password on every machine, and used it, my days
would become (more) filled with requests from users about their forgotten
passwords.  If I honor these requests by phone, I have a big security
hole.  Even worse, there would be a larger percentage of users that would
write their passwords down.   I think multiple passwords are less secure.

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Greg Paris ....................... gmp@rayssd.RAY.COM
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