[tac_plus] Re: Patch for tac_pwd

[Schmidt, Daniel]

Better yet, why not just replace tac_pwd with a little shell script or
python program that runs mkpasswd --hash=md5?  tac_pwd only works for
the first 8 characters anyway.  

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[mailto:tac_plus-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of john heasley
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:03 AM
To: Maarten Carels
Cc: tac_plus at shrubbery.net
Subject: [tac_plus] Re: Patch for tac_pwd

Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 02:33:01PM +0200, Maarten Carels:
> tac_pwd echoes the password by default, this can be prevented by the
-e flag.
> 
> Here is a patch that
> * changes the default so the password is not echoed
> * adds a -E flag to tac_pwd to force echo

Thanks, but why change the default?  The ability to turn off echoing is
already there in -e.

> Manual page is also patched.
> 
> --maarten
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