should pw(8) accept spaces/tabs in passwords?

From: Alexey Neyman (alex.neyman_at_auriga.ru)
Date: 05/29/03

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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:25:55 +0400

    Hello,

    I was just asked why the passwd(1) utility allows to set up a password
    containing spaces and tabs, and the adduser(8) script does not: the password
    is stripped of anything past a space or a tab. E.g., "my password" turns into
    "my". It turned out that it's pw(8) utility that does such stripping; the
    attached patch makes it behave consistently with passwd(1).

    Regards,
    Alexey.

    P.S. Shouldn't passwd(1) be just a suid-wrapper for pw(8)? Are there any
    security implications for this? 

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