Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:38:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password:restriction and security in System V Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061337400.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35C78885.DF889B82@aei.ca>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Malartre wrote: > I have an old(1991 I think) version of Essential System Administration > (O'Reilly). In that book, they show how to do some minimal restriction > under System V to force people to use good password. > I would like than any person on my FreeBSD box use a minimum of 8 > characters in a password, 3 letter and 2 number minimum, some caps and > some special characters(Which are the special characters allowed?). > Does it's possible, any man page? You'll have to replace the stock system passwd with an improved one. Several are available on the Internet, like passwd+ or epasswd (which is in this month's ;login:.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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