Hi, ppls

There is some problem with using passwd-like file and plaintext passwords within it.

Let's assume we have users speaking russian. They think and remember their passwords also within russian words (they just not change keyboard layout before entering their passwords).

So if the user has password like ":jgf" (meaning "ass" in russian) and passwords are stored into passwd-like file within {PLAIN} scheme what will happen?

===== user:{PLAIN}:jgf:1234:1234:....

Isn't it a reason to implement something like {HEX} and why?

WBR Dmitri Ivanov