Yes, or could probably use bash and perl script for that too, which on recieving finally validated input (i.e. alphanumeric and lower&uppercase), it can pass it on to a expect script to change password of the calling user.
You'd have to set proper permissions on the expect script and as well as compile the perl code with perlcc, or whip up the shell script via system calls in C, i.e. just to hide the code from users. Regards -------- Muhammad Faisal Rauf Danka Head of GemSEC / Chief Technology Officer Gem Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd. web: www.gem.net.pk Key Id: 0x784B0202 Key Fingerprint: 6F8C EDCF 6C6E 06A5 48D7 6A20 C592 484B 784B 0202 --- Brad Arlt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:42:29AM -0500, Ansel, Kenny L. (Sytex Contractor) wrote: >> Does anyone know of a NATIVE way that will force users to create a password >> containing uppercase, lowercase, alpha, and numeric characters? >> >> The /etc/default/passwd does the MIN & MAX and length........ >> >> >> If there aren't any NATIVE ways, can you all gimme some good 3rd party >> utilities or passwd replacements that you use to enforce a stronger passward >> construction?? > >In a word PAM. Password has PAM support built into it. There are a >number of Linux PAM modules that tie into cracklib and similar >products. Cracklib will perform the same types of checks on a >password that Crack (or John the Ripper or L0phtCrack) does. > >Take a look at the linux PAM pages on kernel.org (I think thats were >they are). If there isn't one with Solaris support, they usually >aren't that difficult to port to Solaris (the port of pam_wheel took >15 minutes, and about 10 lines of code). _____________________________________________________________ --------------------------- [ATTITUDEX.COM] http://www.attitudex.com/ --------------------------- _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
