>>> There's already a program on your RaQ to do that; I don't remember >>> exactly what it is, but it's called by the passwd program (see "man >>> passwd"). Sun, or you, could implement it. > > > I think (but I'm not positive) that what you're referring to is PAM. I > > checked and my Raq4 uses pam-0.72. > > No, I'm talking about a program that tries to hack the password and if > it can tells you it's too easy.
Err ... I think that Matthew was right. The 'program that tried to hack the password' is the cracklib PAM module. It checks potential passwords against a set of configurable rules and provides the ability to specify custom dictionary files. See [1] for fuller details and [2] for the config on your system. PAM's got a nice API which allows you to make use of its advanced features from your own applications. Regards, John [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam-6.html#ss6.3 [2] /etc/pam.d/passwd _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
