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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!sdrc.com!thor!scjones From: scjones@thor.sdrc.com (Larry Jones) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Horrifying Security Hole Maker-BSDI feature or bug? Date: 4 Oct 1995 15:14:18 GMT Organization: SDRC Engineering Services Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <44u8ca$fa1@info1.sdrc.com> References: <richard-0310951551150001@island.interverse.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.sdrc.com In article <richard-0310951551150001@island.interverse.com>, richard@interverse.com (Richard Gilligan) writes: > When I use the "adduser" command, I can reliably make passwords disappear > by attempting to put the new user in a group that does not yet exist. This was fixed by patch U200-008. Perhaps you should make an effort to keep your system up to date rather than complaining about BSDI not fixing problems that they HAVE fixed. ---- Larry Jones, SDRC, 2000 Eastman Dr., Milford, OH 45150-2789 513-576-2070 larry.jones@sdrc.com Fortunately, that was our plan from the start. -- Calvin