How can I prevent Virtualmin from storing passwords in cleartext?

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Published on 2010-03-12T17:36:30Z Indexed on 2012/06/17 3:19 UTC
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I am really surprised at this behavior. In Virtualmin, I can see the password for any SSH user by clicking the "(Show..)" link next to the "Password ( ) Leave unchanged" option in a variety of locations. I have found that the passwords for all users including users with SSH access are stored in cleartext files in /etc/webmin/... This seems like an unnecessary risk! How can I prevent Virtualmin from storing passwords in this manner?

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