Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-30 Thread Hans Spaans
On Sunday 30 November 2003 06:42, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hello, > > I've always avoided the # character, because I read in a book way > back when I first got into Unix that you shouldn't use this > character. Recently, a friend had issues logging in via KDM using a > password with a # in it, that

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-30 Thread Hans Spaans
On Sunday 30 November 2003 06:42, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hello, > > I've always avoided the # character, because I read in a book way > back when I first got into Unix that you shouldn't use this > character. Recently, a friend had issues logging in via KDM using a > password with a # in it, that

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-29 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:08:50PM -0500, Federico Grau wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause > problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install > (using md5). I've checked the packages docs and done a quick google s

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-29 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:08:50PM -0500, Federico Grau wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause > problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install > (using md5). I've checked the packages docs and done a quick google s

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-02 Thread Peter Cordes
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:41:20PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > >I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that > >cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux > >install (using md5). > > AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in pa

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Peter Cordes
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:41:20PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > >I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that > >cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux > >install (using md5). > > AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in pa

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 07:02:49AM -0500, Lupe Christoph wrote: > > 0. With the obvious exception that C strings don't like null bytes. So > > try to avoid hitting the null key on your keyboard. :) > > You forgot that a ':' as part of the encrypted pas

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Phillip Hofmeister
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 07:02:49AM -0500, Lupe Christoph wrote: > > 0. With the obvious exception that C strings don't like null bytes. So > > try to avoid hitting the null key on your keyboard. :) > > You forgot that a ':' as part of the encrypted pas

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 01:02:49PM +0100, Lupe Christoph wrote: You forgot that a ':' as part of the encrypted password will cause problems ;-) But the crypt functions won't return that character, so it shouldn't be a problem. The input character set has nothing to do with the output character

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Michael Stone
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 01:02:49PM +0100, Lupe Christoph wrote: You forgot that a ':' as part of the encrypted password will cause problems ;-) But the crypt functions won't return that character, so it shouldn't be a problem. The input character set has nothing to do with the output character set.

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Friday, 2003-10-31 at 18:41:20 -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > >I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that > >cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux > >install (using md5). > AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in parti

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-11-01 Thread Lupe Christoph
On Friday, 2003-10-31 at 18:41:20 -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > >I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that > >cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux > >install (using md5). > AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in parti

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Stone
I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install (using md5). AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in particular programs, but there shouldn't be any limits on the input to the h

passwd character limitations

2003-10-31 Thread Federico Grau
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install (using md5). I've checked the packages docs and done a quick google search with no luck. thank

Re: passwd character limitations

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Stone
I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install (using md5). AFAIK, there aren't any. You may run into limitations in particular programs, but there shouldn't be any limits on the input to the hash

passwd character limitations

2003-10-31 Thread Federico Grau
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'm looking for a list of characters that are not allowable (or that cause problems) for passwords if any under a standard Debian GNU/Linux install (using md5). I've checked the packages docs and done a quick google search with no luck. thank