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From: metro@asi.UUCP (Metro T. Sauper)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Passwords in /etc/group
Message-ID: <107@asi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 20:01:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: asi.107
Posted: Fri Jun 26 20:01:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jun-87 00:58:54 EDT
References: <5740010@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <207@macom1.UUCP>
Organization: Assessment Systems, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
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Summary: If you really need a passwd, try this.

In article <207@macom1.UUCP>, michael@macom1.UUCP (Michael Mullins) writes:
> This may be a little novice sounding to all the experts on the net, but ....
> I have found that the best way to assign a password to a group, short of
> writing a special utility to assign one, is to force a password change from 
> 'root' on one of the system users like 'bin'. (Usualy the password field for
> this user is set: "**NO WAY**" or "NOLOGIN", neither of which could be 
> processed properly by the login process.)
>
>  Much more details.

If I were editing /etc/group in vi and needed text for a password,  I would
try something like the following:

:r ! echo "newpasswd" | /usr/lib/makekey

Then I could move the new passwd text to where it was suppose to go.



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