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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 02:12:49 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To:        pstewart <pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mixed Case Passwords
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213020839.3775A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.980212080515.27921A-100000@oncomdis.on.ca>

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> > $ passwd 
> > Changing local password for grog.
> > Old password:
> > New password:
> > Please don't use an all-lower case password.
> > Unusual capitalization, control characters or digits are suggested.
> > New password:
> > Please don't use an all-lower case password.
> > Unusual capitalization, control characters or digits are suggested.
> > New password:
> > Please don't use an all-lower case password.
> > Unusual capitalization, control characters or digits are suggested.
> > New password:
> > Please don't use an all-lower case password.
> > Unusual capitalization, control characters or digits are suggested.
> > New password:

This is only true with MD5 passwords, which is probably the majority. With
DES, all lowercase works just fine. At least on our machines. 




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