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From: trn@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Password support
Message-ID: <2506@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 88 18:59:50 GMT
References: <22401@cornell.UUCP> <4627@rayssd.ray.com> <931@sword.bellcore.com> <853@applix.UUCP>
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In article <853@applix.UUCP> jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) writes:
>The V.3.2 passwd mechanism:
>...
>	-REQUIRES that they be alpha and numeric

There are some versions of System V which have an interesting bug.  "passwd"
will permit entry of an illegal password without complaining.  When the user
logs off, it is impossible to directly log back on to that account.  However,
one may still use "ftp" to access the user's account with the new password!

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