Hi Adam, Le 07/12/2014 19:30, Adam Wolk a écrit : > Hi all, > > I would like to ask what is the reason for man afterboot discouraging > the usage of the space character in root passwords. > >> Root password >> Change the password for the root user. (Note that throughout the >> documentation, the term ``superuser'' is a synonym for the root user.) >> Choose a password that has digits and special characters *(not space)* as >> well as from the upper and lower case alphabet. > > Is there a reason for '(not space)' being included in that passage? The > passwd utility seems pretty happy taking up the space character. Was it > not the case in the past? > > Regards, >
I think that it means that you can use it but not as a special character. I could be wrong but this is what I understood. Mxher
