On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 22:01, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 21:23, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > > Does anyone know of an add-on you can use with a Windows domain to > > check the security of the password before it allows a change? With a > > terminal server system I had, the server complained if the password was > > too close to a dictionary word, too close to the student login, 7 > > digits (i.e., looked like a phone number), etc. > > > > I'm sure my students (I teach high school, too) have picked really bad > > passwords, too, but I have no good way to enforce the picking of good > > ones. > > > > Todd > > > > On Dec 12, 2003, at 3:30 AM, Ross McInnes (Systems) wrote: > > > > > i totally agree. unfortunatly my user base is mostly 16-18 year olds. > > > getting them to put anything other than thier football team, phone > > > number > > > or boyfriend/girlfriend's name is quite a task in it self. > > > > > Charming, aren't they ;-) > > I build my samba with: > > #!/bin/sh > LIBS="-lcrack" CFLAGS="-g" ./configure --with-utmp --with-pam > --with-quotas --with-tdbsam --with-ldapsam --with-syslog > > And use the attached patch to enforce 'cracklib' strength passwords.
This time, it's attached (I hope). > We can't include this directly in Samba, as cracklib is not under a > GPL-compatible licence :-( > > Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student Network Administrator, Hawker College [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://samba.org http://build.samba.org http://hawkerc.net
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