Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!jlw 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 Article-I.D.: ariel.357 Posted: Fri Jun 10 21:53:14 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jun-83 10:55:39 EDT References: uwvax.903 Lines: 12 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 ariel!jlw