ACORREIRA@BBNA@sri-unix (12/08/82)
Date: 1 Dec 1982 1643-EST I have been unable to find anything in the UPM that will do to /etc/group what passwd does to /etc/passwd, i.e. set the password field. Have I missed something? If not, has someone out there already written one that I can have? I don't like reinventing wheels, even very small ones. -------
mogul%Shasta@SU-Score@sri-unix (12/11/82)
From: Jeff Mogul <mogul%Shasta at SU-Score> Date: Wednesday, 8 Dec 1982 11:22-PST I wrote a "grpasswd" program, really just a modification of "passwd". I'll send the C source and man source to anyone who asks for it, although you should at least assert that you have a Unix license. -Jeff P.S.: NO guarantees!
evan@mit-ccc@sri-unix (12/11/82)
Date: 8 Dec 1982 03:04:51-EST
>From ACORREIRA@BBNA Tue Dec 7 22:55:00 1982
Date: 1 Dec 1982 1643-EST
Subject: setting group passwords
To: unix-wizards at SRI-CSL
Remailed-to: Unix-Wizards@SRI-CSL: ;
I have been unable to find anything in the
UPM that will do to /etc/group what passwd
does to /etc/passwd, i.e. set the password
field. Have I missed something? If not,
has someone out there already written one
that I can have? I don't like reinventing
wheels, even very small ones.
-------
Somewhere in the unix manual (I thought it was GROUP(V), but I
was wrong), it says that such a program was not written ON PURPOSE,
because group passwords encouraged "poor security practices", and that
there SHOULD NOT be any easy way to do this. The entry went on to state
that the whole idea of group passwords was a bad one and that they would
be omitted in future releases. That was an old (Bell) manual, and Bell,
as well as Berkley, seems still to support them.
If anyone out there happens to remember where it says that in a
manual, I would be happy to hear from you, for I will not be able to
sleep well for several nights as I try to remember where I saw it.
Tanks. (spelled Tanks).
Be Just and Fear Not.
---Evan Williams
(evan@ccc@mc)
(alice!mitccc!evan)