[comp.software-eng] Concealing a Password

wtho@ciba-geigy.ch (Tom Hofmann) (06/08/90)

We have to develop a program on a UNIX system which has
to identify itself (with user-ID and password) at an other
system.  The problem is that the password must not be known
by the super user but must be changeable by a particular
administrator (who is NOT the super user) without recompiling
the code (the source code is on a separate system).  We have
some ideas but have not yet found a both simple and effective
solution.  Any ideas?

Tom Hofmann        wtho%cgch@relay.EU.net