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