Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:32:11 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> To: danm@prime.gushi.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Things linux has (suggestion/question). Message-ID: <200102201832.f1KIWBt68046@explorer.rsa.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102200241530.5584-100000@prime.gushi.org>
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In local.freebsd.questions you write: >I was working with a linux system the other day and I noticed a couple >things that I was looking to see if it was possible to port to freeBSD. >1. Linux has a locate utility called slocate, which (A) rebuilds its >database MUCH faster and (B) allows you to search with your privileges >(for example, if you type locate as root, you can search the whole drive, >whereas another user would not be able to see in things like user >homedirs, etc). Unless the code is totally Linux-centric (an ever-increasing possibility nowadays), it should be a small matter of someone being interested enough to create a port. Hmm... from your description, it sounds like a security hole waiting to happen. >2. I was on a cobalt (I know, shoot me later, this is a good idea), and I >noticed that the passwd utility did many more checks (did a dictionary >check, checked for not enough different characters, etc) than the BSD one >does. Is there any way to add this type of functionality? Fascist passwd? Bah! Get smarter users :-) This should be doable as a PAM module, but a look at the source reveals that passwd does not seem to be pam:ified. For the time being, you can control some password parameters from login.conf(5). $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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