From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihldt!jhh Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: password restrictions Article-I.D.: ihldt.1135 Posted: Fri Nov 19 14:05:11 1982 Received: Sat Nov 20 03:19:28 1982 References: sri-unix.4167 A restrictive passwd program coupled with password aging should keep short passwords off the system, plus the aging will cause the old crufty users to change their passwords to the new more restricted password. At BTL-IH, users cannot log on until they have changed their default password to one meeting restrictive password triviality tests. John Haller