Subject: Re: Cautionary Tale: New Install/root Password/Keyboard Layout
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From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/04/2003 10:12:56
> Traditionaly in unix any ascii code 1-127 is valid to be put in a
> password.  You would have a hard time having your tty generating some of
> those ascii codes from a keyboard and i am sure there is some
> combinations of keys you can press to get the exact ascii code.

Nothing wrong with codes 128..255 either.

For control characters ^V is your friend...

However getting 128..255 is somewhat harder :-(

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk