On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 01:25:32PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
Don't get me wrong... in /etc/shadow directly: sure. But in the input to chpasswd? That seems a bit weird to me?chpasswd(8) says -e, --encrypted Supplied passwords are in encrypted form. ... which doesn't say much :-)
I think that chpasswd should not try to be smarter than its user at this point. But *shrug*
But I don't have a strong opinion either way.
neither do I. This just makes testing adduser a bit harder. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
