I had thought that passwords were not stored on your computer, simply the
hash'ed password.
Yet, when I try to change my password, I get told my new password isn't
acceptable because it it too similar to the old one, or just involves a
change in case.
Any insight appreciated,
Joel
On Sunday 27 January 2002 9:09 am, Joel Hammer wrote:
I had thought that passwords were not stored on your computer, simply the
hash'ed password.
Yet, when I try to change my password, I get told my new password isn't
acceptable because it it too similar to the old one, or just involves a
I thought that for security reasons, the actual password is never stored on
the computer, just the encrypted form. If so, how can the computer know that
I have tried to cheat and when asked to alter my password, I just changed
the case of one letter.
Joel
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 10:45:31AM
On Sunday 27 January 2002 12:20 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
I thought that for security reasons, the actual password is never stored on
the computer, just the encrypted form. If so, how can the computer know
that I have tried to cheat and when asked to alter my password, I just
changed the case of
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:20:25 -0500
Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed into the bitstream:
I thought that for security reasons, the actual password is never stored
on the computer, just the encrypted form. If so, how can the computer
know that I have tried to cheat and when asked to alter my
Hmmm...
Hmmm..
Yes. Now that you mention it.
I wonder why I didn't think of that myself?
Thanks,
Joel
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 02:24:02PM -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 27 January 2002 12:20 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
I thought that for security reasons, the actual password is never
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:03:46 -0500
Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed into the bitstream:
Hmmm...
Hmmm..
Yes. Now that you mention it.
I wonder why I didn't think of that myself?
Umm. Depends on the distro, but this is configurable. You can force users
to put in their old password
