At 09:51 AM 11/16/96 -800, Alan Millar wrote:
>I have a couple of list owners who use the passwd command to update
>their passwords. When they finally get around to figuring out the
>config file, they are upset that their old, obsolete password is
>still hanging around.
>
>I don't recall this being discussed (I apologize if it has and I
>missed it). Has there been any discussion of having the passwd
>command update the admin_passwd setting? I would have thought that
>at least the writeconfig command would update it.
>
>Should the passwd command update the admin_passwd setting? It
>certainly overrides it in use. If not, why not? Any comments?
I use a single password sistem-wide in the .passwd files, to
administer any list on my system without looking up the admin's
own password. I'd prefer that this continue to work.>
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