Jim Gifford wrote these words on 08/04/05 18:33 CST: > There any many different methods for user authentication and password > setup. If it's just about creating a secure password, we should add > npasswd. http://www.utexas.edu/cc/unix/software/npasswd
Not to argue your position on this Jim, but do you really think it is better to *replace* the passwd, chfn and chsh programs with other programs, instead of just installing a library and using our existing package to natively interface with this library to accomplish the same purpose? Now it might very well be that the Npasswd programs don't *replace* the existing ones, instead just sit beside them. If this is the case, the system would be just as insecure as it was before installing Npasswd. If it *does* replace those programs, please explain how making users learn new commands, just to change their passwords, make the system better than if we used CrackLib. In a technical discussion or a debate, folks don't just say, "Oh no, this way is better than your way!". You have to provide technical details on why you think it is better. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 18:40:00 up 124 days, 18:13, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.13, 0.27 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
