From: utzoo!henry Newsgroups: hacknews Title: passwd(1), newuser(1) fixed Article-I.D.: utzoo.2858 Posted: Tue Mar 8 21:47:52 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 21:47:52 1983 Passwd(1) has been given a major overhaul. The only user-visible change is a -g option for generating a new password (for use by newuser(1)). The locking system has been changed to *work*, the error messages have been much improved, some efficiency improvements have been made, and a major internal cleanup has been done. Newuser(1) has been updated to match the new passwd locking system and has been changed to use passwd's -g option to supply an initial password. (This eliminates interaction, making it possible to run newuser in the background.)