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   Andrew Leary to Shawn Highfield   
   Port 23.   
   23 May 17 16:41:58   
   
   Hello Shawn!   
      
   23 May 17 05:19, you wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    SH>   I haven't tried creating a new account via ssh, but I would assume   
    SH> that won't work due to the nature of ssh.   
      
   Correct.  The bbs account (used for new user registration) does not have a    
   password, and therefore cannot be logged into via SSH.   
      
   In theory one could add a password to that account, but then you would need a    
   method to distribute the password to potential new users.   
      
   Andrew   
      
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