I can confirm that in Mandrake 7.0 you can still use a password that
starts with a non-alphanumeric character, 'cause I have such an install
that does . . .
BTW, I wrote a program for generating random passwords. Don't know if
anybody cares, but here it is anyway . . .
[bts@i7500 ~]# cat ranpw
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
$pw = "";
for (1 .. 8) {
$value = rand(86) + 41;
$new = chr($value);
$pw = $pw . $new;
}
print "pw = \"$pw\"\n";
This generates plenty of "odd-looking" passwords (that being the idea,
of course), and so far the ones I've tried have worked fine.
Monte Milanuk wrote:
>
> Well, these are all good ideas. But A) I have used this
> password before on Mandrake 6.1 (okay, MacMillan 6.5),
> RedHat 6.0/6.1, SuSE 6.3, Freesco, e-smith, etc. Never a
> problem until Mandrake 7.0. Perhaps these others were too
> liberal w/ accepting passwords, but this many is odd (to
> me, at least), and B) It is _very_ unlikely that I had the
> caps lock on. I use a Happy Hacker Lite keyboard, and it
> is Function+Tab to get the capslock on, not something you
> do w/o knowing it, usually. Plus I tried caps already,
> sorry for not mentioning it.
>
> Monte
>
> --- Gavin Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > you may have hit the caps lock when you typed the root
> > password in the
> > installer - happens all the time.
> >
> > Gavin
> >
> > > Also, I found out the hard way that the installer
> > doesn't
> > > like some root passwords. The one I initially entered
> > was
> > > '$6gd2w!' (doesn't matter, since I've since changed
> > it.)
> > > Then when I reboot the system at the end of install, I
> > try
> > > to log in as 'root'. No go. Fine, probably just have
> > to
> > > log in as a normal user first, then 'su' to root. No
> > go
> > > either. I couldn't reach the root account any way at
> > all.
> > > I go back, reinstall, using a password of 's6gd2w', and
> > it
> > > works like a charm. It would seem to me that there is
> > a
> > > slight problem w/ the installer if it locks the root
> > user
> > > out because of the password!
> > >
> > > Monte
> >
>
> =====
>
> "Here, catch! Don't worry, it won't bite...BBZZZZAAAAPPP!!!...much <snicker>"
>
> What an unsuspecting mechanic hears as he learns to never, ever, play 'Catch' with a
>bored electrician ;)
>
> Monte Milanuk
>
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