Re: passwd checking script

2002-06-18 Thread scott.list
Tony: > >What is used by the regular "passwd" command to check for passwords > >that are too easy to guess? > > > cracklib > Thanks, with that I found it's docs and then found a perl interface: http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Crypt%3A%3ACracklib Just what I needed. Thanks agai

Re: passwd checking script

2002-06-18 Thread Anthony E. Greene
scott.list wrote: >What is used by the regular "passwd" command to check for passwords >that are too easy to guess? > cracklib ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: passwd checking script

2002-06-18 Thread Jason P Holland
the best way to do this is run crack or john against the password file periodically and see if you can crack anything. there is no such feature available that can regulary check for easy passwords. the password command should enfore this when entering a new password anyways. jason > What is

passwd checking script

2002-06-18 Thread scott.list
What is used by the regular "passwd" command to check for passwords that are too easy to guess? I'm writing an adduser script and would like to incorporate some checking into it's password creation routine. Thanks, Scott ___ Redhat-list mailing l