Re: Reason for -p option in useradd

2005-12-31 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:19:38 -0500, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Virtually every feature has risk associated with it of SOME kind. ^ Congratulations Nick! -In the final hours you have succeeded in having the best/worst punn of 2005. ;-) JCR

Re: Reason for -p option in useradd

2005-12-31 Thread Nick Holland
Adam Gleave wrote: > I've searched the archives and (re)read the man page of useradd, but I > can't understand why the -p option exists. To me, I can see no way of > using it safely (securely) as it can display on the process listing. > > Admittedly, there might be some use for it that I haven't t

Re: Reason for -p option in useradd

2005-12-31 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 01:51:53PM +, Adam Gleave wrote: > I've searched the archives and (re)read the man page of useradd, but I > can't understand why the -p option exists. To me, I can see no way of > using it safely (securely) as it can display on the process listing. > > Admittedly, there