[svlug] SSH password question

[Hans Cathcart]

Hi,
I'm using SSH to log into my servers, but I'm also using POP to check my
mail. Since both SSH and POP look at the /etc/passwd file, I see a security
problem. If someone traps my POP session password, which is not encrypted,
they can then log in through SSH. Is there an easy, straight-forward way of
having different passwords?

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