From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 00:17:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACDF16A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:17:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA6643D2D for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:17:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3K7HKUZ029203 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:17:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3K7HKDc029202; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:17:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:17:20 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Zen Message-ID: <20040420071720.GC28812@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Zen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040416, clamav-milter version 0.70g X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking New Password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 07:17:25 -0000 --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 06:32:13AM +0100, Zen wrote: > Being new to BSD I was wandering if someone can point me in the correct > direction. I want to let users to change their own passwords. But I do = not > want them to use things like cat dog or dictionary names. Could some one > point me in the correct direction please. I would like to use some thing > like 6-8 characters with number and upper and lower case letters Checkout the security/checkpassword-pam port. http://checkpasswd-pam.sourceforge.net/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAhM6AdtESqEQa7a0RAr6tAJwJ494RyqN1HVSFCwVdSG+G+patEgCeIqMC iRo1ZcZPAkp/ogo6/A6HiVU= =cDWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+--