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Article #17Re: password validation?
From: Dima Ruban
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00
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Ooops ... That was my goof. Fixed. Thanks for letting me know. Wallace <yourself@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote: > When you change your password it requires you to use 4 out of 5 types > of characters (small, caps, numbers, symbols, other), however, > it does not check that this requirement is met within the first 8 > characters-- all that the standard unix crypt() uses. > > In fact, this works on best's shell machines. > > When I changed my password today I tried 'qwerqwer', which triggers > the lame password error. But using 'qwerqwer12!@Q' works. > I immediately changed it by giving my Old Password: qwerqwer > > Shelly Wallace -- dima
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From: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban)
Subject: Re: password validation?
Date: 1998/11/18
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