From: utzoo!decvax!cca!mo@Lbl-Unix@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: password restrictions
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4167
Posted: Wed Nov 17 22:20:44 1982
Received: Fri Nov 19 06:29:17 1982

From: mo at Lbl-Unix (Mike O'Dell [system])
Date: 14 Nov 1982 14:20:15-PST
A new version of passwd is all well and good, but what do you do about
300 crufty users already on your system?  Well, have I got a deal
for you -- "blesspw", a little program which grinds over your
password file checking for obviousness derivable from the password line,
and for others you give it to check (typcial problem - you create
new accounts with default passwords the people are supposed to change
but don't).  The program might not be everything you would want,
but it is a flexible framework.  If people are interested, I could
submit it to the list, or make it available for ftp or some such.
I suspect, however, this is a good reason for the membership-audited
list.  
	-Mike