herman@watop.nosc.mil (John Herman) (04/18/91)
-- I am looking for a user level routine that will allow the use of the encrypted password instead of looking for .netrc or promptimg of the operator for the plain text passowrd. Thank you. herman@nosc.mil
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (04/21/91)
In article <herman.671988801@watop> herman@watop.nosc.mil (John Herman) writes: >I am looking for a user level routine that will allow the use >of the encrypted password instead of looking for .netrc or >promptimg of the operator for the plain text passowrd. This makes no sense. The encrypted password is, on most older UNIX implementations, visible to the public. What security purpose would be gained by "using" it?