From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 6 23:12:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231D537BCEB for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:12:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0691.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.252.181]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA13251; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA00897; Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:11:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:10:33 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Lanny Baron Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd strangness Message-ID: <20000706231033.C682@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from lnb@heretic.cybertouch.org on Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 11:58:23AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 11:58:23AM -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > Hello, > Anyone know why a passwd of say, please!, when entering just please lets > a user gain access to the box? Does the "!" not constitute a valid > character in passwd? No, I do believe a '!' is perfectly fine in a password. However, if you are using DES passwords then, toplease! And, toplease Would match though since only the first 8 characters are used in DES. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message