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From: kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Re: weird bug with passwd and /dev/syscon
Message-ID: <538@ambush.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 14:28:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 26 14:28:38 1987
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In article <260@slxsys.co.uk> jpp@slxsys.co.uk (John Pettitt) writes:
>",.." in /etc/passwd ! I hope you dont allow dial'ins now you have told
>the world !

That is ridiculous all password fields under 13 characters are void -
that means if you put a password entry of NOLOGIN you cannot login
under that username. Only if the encrypted password is exactly 13
characters long will it be accepted as an encrypted password.

					Kim Chr. Madsen.