Subject: Re: Password demands?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/22/2004 23:52:26
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Vincent van Scherpenseel wrote:
> Is it possible to change the password demands set for passwd? In example:
> if a user enters a password shorter than x characters, it will be reject=
ed.
This can be configured via login.conf(5): ``minpasswordlen''. The rest is
not possible without wrapping or modifying the existing tools, AFAIK. I'd
suggest using checking new passwords *before* encrypting them against the
the well-known dictionaries naq znlor fbzr obbxf qbjaybnqrq jvgu lbhe
snibevgl C2C-gbby. ;) And use MD5 instead of 3DES (if possible).
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Christian
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