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Author: Brian Cluff
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Subject: useradd
The problem with unencrypted password's on the command line is that anyone
that can run ps or some other program that will show you the running tasks
will be able to snag the password for that user.

> Ya, I'm on as root. Look at man useradd. It tells me that -p needs to be
> in the crypto format. I wish it would let me use plain text..