I thought that for security reasons, the actual password is never stored on the computer, just the encrypted form. If so, how can the computer know that I have tried to "cheat" and when asked to alter my password, I just changed the case of one letter.
Joel On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 10:45:31AM -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Sunday 27 January 2002 9:09 am, Joel Hammer wrote: > > I had thought that passwords were not stored on your computer, simply the > > hash'ed password. > > Yet, when I try to change my password, I get told my new password isn't > > acceptable because it it too similar to the old one, or just involves a > > change in case. > > Any insight appreciated, > > Joel > > > > I don't follow. What does hashing the password have to do with changing it? > > And the problem you're running up against iare the rules for passwords, > trying to keep you from making things to easy to crack your password. > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/27/02 10:44 + > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." - Isaac Asamov. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
