Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Joseph Heaton
Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch Department of Fish and Game 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284 Cell: (916) 919-5816 ~ Finally,

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Yeah, asterisks don't work... -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords

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2009-09-21 Thread John Cook
x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Maglinger, Paul
If you're running a mixed environment of Windows and UNIX, I would recommend avoiding the @ character. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Joseph Heaton
... -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server

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2009-09-21 Thread Charles Whitby
...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch

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2009-09-21 Thread tony patton
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Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Charles Whitby
, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch Department of Fish and Game 1807 13th

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Are you sure? Microsoft lists the asterisk as one of the recommended special characters... Was your issue with a specific application/version of Windows? Maybe they've fixed that issue. Joe L. Heaton Kim Longenbaugh k

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2009-09-21 Thread Jonathan Link
: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch Department of Fish and Game 1807

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Unix interprets the @ in passwords as a kill command. And please, call me Paul. :-) From: Charles Whitby [mailto:charles.whi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr

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2009-09-21 Thread RichardMcClary
Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr Maglinger's response. If you're in a mixed environment Unix/Linux interprets strings with the @ as e-mail addresses On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote: Are you sure? Microsoft lists

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2009-09-21 Thread Charles Whitby
...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2009 9:57 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr Maglinger's response. If you're in a mixed environment Unix/Linux interprets strings with the @ as e-mail addresses On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Joseph

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Joseph Heaton
[mailto:charles.whi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr Maglinger's response. If you're in a mixed environment Unix/Linux interprets strings with the @ as e-mail addresses On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread RichardMcClary
, 2009 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr Maglinger's response. If you're in a mixed environment Unix/Linux interprets strings with the @ as e-mail addresses On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Heaton jhea...@dfg.ca.gov wrote

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Charles Whitby
] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords See Mr Maglinger's response. If you're in a mixed environment Unix/Linux interprets strings with the @ as e-mail addresses On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Heaton

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 21 Sep 2009 at 8:07, Joseph Heaton wrote: No, Paul... not Shirley :P Go to your room and stand in the corner. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

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2009-09-21 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information

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2009-09-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Asterisks work just fine, actually. I noticed that most people's passwords are **. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Jonathan Link
Excuse me, mine is ***. ** is way, too short. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Asterisks work just fine, actually. I noticed that most people's passwords

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Steven M. Caesare
And using ALT characters for usernames and PW's is great fun. -sc -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords According to MS just about everything

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2009-09-21 Thread Kurt Buff
Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support

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2009-09-21 Thread Jonathan Link
...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch

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2009-09-21 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: Yeah, asterisks don't work... -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special

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2009-09-21 Thread Murray Freeman
Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 7 Murray -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM

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2009-09-21 Thread Steve Kelsay
. -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 7 Murray -Original Message- From: Ben

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2009-09-21 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 7

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Maglinger, Paul
There's a fix for that. Password must meet complexity requirements. :-) -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Don't laugh! I used to have

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Maglinger, Paul
We had an older lady, sweet as could be. Her's was PleaseMe. -Original Message- From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Got you beat, Lovepuppy

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2009-09-21 Thread Jonathan Link
, 2009 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: There's a fix for that.  Password must meet complexity requirements. It should be noted that Passw0rd! meets complexity requirements. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I wish password policies supported blacklists... More specifically; regular expression-based blacklists... -- ME2 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: There's a fix for that.

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2009-09-21 Thread Phillip Partipilo
, September 21, 2009 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

Re: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords Don't laugh! I

RE: Special characters in passwords

2009-09-21 Thread Phillip Partipilo
, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 5:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords Back in the days of BBS chat systems, flooding the keyboard buffer

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2009-09-21 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Great fun on terminals^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Pauls too! -sc -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords I remember some old unix of my past days where

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2009-09-21 Thread HELP_PC
the @ character. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Special characters in passwords Anyone know of any special characters that can NOT be used in Windows passwords? Joseph L