password validation?

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3 total messages Started by Wallace Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:00

#13

Author: Wallace
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:00

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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

Re: password validation?

#16

Author: slow djinn
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:00

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In article <36511284$0$12763@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
Wallace  <yourself@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
>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

Very clever.  I hate lame passwd programs.  Like the one that
complains about a lame password, but if you type in three times, it'll
accept it anyway.

rone
-- 
You can't write "obsolescent" without "NT".                    <rone@ennui.org>

Re: password validation?

#17

Author: Dima Ruban
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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