On 7/29/05, Talim Kalayaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use passwords similar to this: > [V]4Li806$iX3Dx
To automatically generate passwords like those above without even thinking: 1. Install the expect package # yum install expect 2. Use the mkpasswd command to generate your password. Options include the following: # mkpasswd -l <min. length of passwd> -d <min. no. of digits> -c <min. no. of lowercase alpha chars> -C <min. no. of uppercase alpha chars> Another tip to enforce strong passwords at the useradd/passwd command level: 1. Edit /etc/pam.d/system-auth 2. Add any or all of the following arguments to the pam_cracklib entry minlen = n (minimum password length) lcredit = n (min. lowercase letters) ucredit = n (min. uppercase letters) dcredit = n (min. digits) ocredit = n (min. othe characters) Thus, password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=8 lcredit=2 ucredit=2 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 -- Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
