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Re: how to change password.
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> vishwanath kalbagilmath proclaimed:
> > I get a username oldpassword and new password through
> > mails and i should update them at the OS level
>
> There are security issues with a scheme like this. Emails are notoriously
> insecure. So allowing someone to send a password via email is a security
> hole.
>
Are you sure you want to allow changing passwd's through
mail??????????????????????????????? And you are going to automate
it :-0 . Good.