]> > Problem is, said file is world readable
]
]> Not really an answer but shouldn't users change
]> the password they're given first time they login?
]
]Yeah but what if said user hasn't loggged in yet . . . .
]Wide open account. Besides, if a password is visible in
]cleartext, root can see it. You really don't want this.
But root can access anything anyway, and can 'su - bloggsj' too.
However, just in case you use password elsewhere, root should have no access
to read a password, even if (s)he can access everything...
Gary
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