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Well thanks, i didnt knew that `password' was so a simple password. I had my roots password insecure too, anyway i have no much interesting over here... I would like to try security. I have create an account here for user `secure'. For the password i have insert a word of 8 word-character. Now, how can i login as secure?? How can i guess the password ?? dsb3 wrote: > On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > > > >I have now my password as `password123`. I still want to put it as > >`password`...... > > > > in case my other reply didn't make it to the right place, only as root can > you typically set a weak password if secure passwords are installed. I > hope you were being analogous in your password example. Setting ANY users > password to just 'password' (or any other password complained about for > being too weak) is an incredibly foolish thing to do. Certainly, you may > consider it a remote possibility, but at any time you are dialed up to the > internet, unless you or your distribution SPECIFICALLY restricts it, > anyone else in the world is able to attempt to connect to your PC. > > As soon as they log in as a user they have a fair crack at getting root > access if that also has a weak password. > > IT may sound trivial, but don't do it! use strong passwords as a habit. > > - dave > > -- > > | oOOooO / > --| oOobodoO / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --| ooOoOo / > | II / "Rocky Road," croaked the Toad. > | II / -- __________________________________________ / / / Phillip Neumann / / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / _____________________/_____________________________/