On Fri, 8 Sep 89 14:21:34 EDT Michael R. Gettes said: >Along the lines of passwords -- I would like to make another suggestion: > >Passwords should not be required at all! If someone wants to AFD to a file >they should not need a password unless it has been explicitly stated so, in >some fashion, that this is a file that needs a password. It could be a FAC >that begins with a $ or something like that -- the big problem is that as time >goes on -- how do you get rid of the ever growing password file??? > >So, in short, things should be the inverse of the way they are now. I do >believe it is different -- but easier. Once again, I strongly agree with Michael. I've never quite understood why the need for a password. If someone fakes my name on an AFD, what's the worst that can happen? I get a flood of files I don't want and have to discard seems to be the worst I can figure out. (Anyone who can pull them out of my reader probably has enough privileges to do more than that do me.) Richard