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From: aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alex R.N. Wetmore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: crypt login
Message-ID: <Yf6hNyS00iV4E9Jl4B@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 1 Dec 92 03:05:34 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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This should be a faq, but I couldn't find anything on it.  How do I get
login/passwd to use crypted (DES or any other means) passwords.  I just
noticed that the login doesn't even notice that "*" or "X" is a invalid
pw.

alex