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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


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