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From: jlw@ariel.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: question about getpass
Message-ID: <357@ariel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 21:53:14 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 10 21:53:14 1983
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I am an old 'friend' of getpass(3).  While we were bringing up
4.0 a few years ago we inadvertantly "rm'ed" /dev/tty (a mknod
type special file).  You should have seen the garbage the
'passwd' command put in /etc/passwd.  Try it some time for 
a lark.



					Joseph L. Wood, III
					ABI Holmdel
					(201) 834-3759
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