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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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