Password checking program

[Ned D. Danieley]

In article <20557 at adm.BRL.MIL> rbj at dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>? From: CCEL <ccel at community-chest.uucp>
>
>? I'm still getting requests for that silly password checking program
>? I talked about last week, and I thought i'd posted the source here
>
>How about a more portable and safe version? Comments follow.
>
>? Remember to take my .sig off the end of this guy.
>
>You might have saved yourself some embarrassment if you had.
>

Another problem is:
...
>? #define ENDOFFILE -1
...
>?               done=ENDOFFILE;

some compilers will interpret this as the old =- assignment
operator. this is one place where style can really make a difference:

	done = ENDOFFILE;

is easier to read and doesn't piss off cc.



Ned Danieley (ndd at sunbar.mc.duke.edu)
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