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- From: dave@hpdstma.ptp.hp.com (Dave Waller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Password without special characters?
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 18:14:55 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett Packard
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- Sender: dave@hpdstma (Dave Waller)
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- In article <9212141231.PN16455@LL.MIT.EDU>, killoran@ll.mit.edu (Mike Killoran) writes:
- |>
- |> Hi,
- |>
- |> Is there a way around HP's requirement that all passwords
- |> have a number or special character in them? I have found that using
- |> SAM, one may change the password to any string. This isn't what I'm
- |> looking for though. I want users to be able to enter a password
- |> without any intervention by the sys admin. It seems as though
- |> different requirements for passwords should be a configurable thing,
- |> like password expiration.
-
- The only way to enter a password without restriction is to do it as root.
- This is a standard security feature that one will find on almost any UNIX
- variant, although some do allow non-root users to set passwords without
- restrictions.
-
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- Dave Waller
- Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Workstation Systems Division
- Sunnyvale Channel Partner Consulting
-