Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!orstcs!neptune!rudolf From: rudolf@neptune.uucp (Jim Rudolf) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Wanted: Password checking program info Message-ID: <12005@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 02:50:52 GMT References: <1210@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <2171@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> <12001@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Reply-To: rudolf@oce.orst.edu (Jim Rudolf) Distribution: usa Organization: College of Oceanography, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Or. Lines: 22 In article <12001@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> rudolf@oce.orst.edu (Jim Rudolf) writes: >In article <2171@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> skilbane@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk writes: >>>> [....] >>>> if (done==ENDOFFILE) >>>> puts("Sorry ... password not found in dict.\n"); >>> >>> I hope people have the good sense to use a non-dictionary password now that >>> programs like this are floating around the net. > >I have apparently missed the entire thread discussing password checking >programs! Where might I catch such a program floating around the net? Actually, what I meant was: are there any versions/extensions of passwd on the net that will let me keep users from typing in trivial passwords? Sorry 'bout any mixup. Jim Rudolf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- College of Oceanography Oregon State University rudolf@oce.orst.edu -or- {tektronix,hp-pcd}!orstcs!oce.orst.edu!rudolf "All opinions herein are mine"