12-12-2001
password
can anyone point me to where i could get a program that would detect weak passwords for users. something that could run in the background and could be set to run whenever users passwords expire and they have to reset them to ensure security. also the password detector has to be able to detect at least 16 alpha numeric digits why you got me. kinda like a digital spend odometer that counts but constantly submits the new password to see if it works so it will have to submit the user name as well. hope its not impossible but it has to be written in c and c++ and in like a unix scr file. so when i wanted to run it periodcally i could just say ksh passworddetector.scr and it would run and submit passwords the the user name. hope its possible was asked for detector must produce something. maybe not those exact specifications but something close.
hey thanks again
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lppasswd(1) Apple Inc. lppasswd(1)
NAME
lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
SYNOPSIS
lppasswd [ username ]
lppasswd -a [ -g groupname ] username
lppasswd -x username
DESCRIPTION
lppasswd adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt
for the old and new passwords. When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts (user-
name), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX usernames.
OPTIONS
lppasswd supports the following options:
-g groupname
Specifies a group other than the default system group.
SECURITY ISSUES
By default, the lppasswd program is not installed to allow ordinary users to change their passwords. To enable this, the lppasswd command
must be made setuid to root with the command:
chmod u+s lppasswd
While every attempt has been made to make lppasswd secure against exploits that could grant super-user privileges to unprivileged users,
paranoid system administrators may wish to use Basic authentication with accounts managed by PAM instead.
SEE ALSO
lp(1), lpr(1),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.
22 February 2008 CUPS lppasswd(1)