On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Peter Billson wrote:
> Hello *,
> I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to have a user's password be
> case insensitive (i.e. PASSWORD or password or PassWOrd). They trouble I
> am having is that users hit the CAP LOCK key and then "can't" log in.
>
> You'd think that after the first three dozen times you walk over and
> say "Well, your caps lock is on" they'd get a clue but they don't. :-(
>
> I'm using the standard (shadow) passwd file and PAM.
>
> I've seen mention of a solution if I was using LDAP or authenticating
> against a database, but that seems like hunting a mosquito with a
> bazooka.
>
> I have also seen something about a PAM module called upperlower, but I
> can't seem to find any real documentation on it.
>
> Any pointers?
>
>
> Pete Billson
>
Some would want the opposite wanting mixcased passwords to
increase security. Knowing that somones password it "password" does not
help if the password is actually "pasSwOrd" (a supprisingly secure
password believe it or not!
I would surgest that you send a code to turn caps lock off when
you bring up the login prompt. The the user always starts off with it in
the same state or use some on screen method to show its on.
Peter Childs
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