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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 1998 12:52:29 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
Cc:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mixed Case Passwords
Message-ID:  <19980212125229.04233@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980211181234.16141A-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Wed, Feb 11, 1998 at 06:14:55PM -0800
References:  <19980212123441.23599@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.980211181234.16141A-100000@luke.cpl.net>

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On Wed, 11 February 1998 at 18:14:55 -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
>>> You can't just type the password again to force it?  I've used that
>>> procedure before...
>>
>> Only if you're root.
>
> Whats the deal? Both adduser and passwd work fine(non-root for passwd too)
> for me with lower/upper case as well as numbers. I am using DES passwords
> and running stable.

Hmm.  It must be the DES passwords--I don't think it's the version.  I
tested this on 3.0-CURRENT, but now I've tested it on 2.2.5-RELEASE as
well, and the behaviour is the same.

To make sure we're talking about the same thing: I'm using the
password 'foo' for testing.

Greg

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