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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu Random insertion of letters to password Post 302506014 by vanid on Friday 18th of March 2011 09:17:02 AM
Old 03-18-2011
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here is my code:

Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect —f
proc insertchar {c} {
global password
set password [linsert $password \
[rand [expr 1+[llength $password]]] $c]
}
set _ran 5
proc rand {n} {
global _ran
set period 233280
set _ran [expr ($_ran*9301 + 49297) % $period]
expr int($n*($_ran/double($period)))
}
send_user "rand n\n"
send_user "insertchar c\n"
set minnum 2
set minlower 4
set minupper 4
expect "$ " 
set pwd "vani"
set password [join "$pwd" ""]
for {set i 0} {$i<$minnum} {incr i} {
send "$password [rand 10]\n"
}
for {set i 0} {$i<$minlower} {incr i} {
send "$password [format "%c" [expr 0x61 + [rand 26]]]\n"
}
for {set i 0} {$i<$minupper} {incr i} {
send "$password [format "%c" [expr 0x41 + [rand 26]]]\n"
}

result for above code is:
Code:
rand n
insertchar c
vani 4
vani 8
vani n
vani v
vani o
vani j
vani A
vani E
vani Z
vani L

but i want the letters to be inserted in to the string by picking up randomly like :
Code:
v1ani
Vani
Va1ni

so that i can test commands for all invalid cases also.

---------- Post updated at 08:15 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:14 AM ----------

thank you again and please get back to be...with answer

---------- Post updated at 08:17 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:15 AM ----------

please help me out off this...this logic i am not able to write....
Last edited by pludi; 03-18-2011 at 11:22 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT V7

shadow

SHADOW(5)                                                  File Formats and Conversions                                                  SHADOW(5)

NAME

       shadow - shadowed password file

DESCRIPTION

       shadow is a file which contains the password information for the system's accounts and optional aging information.

       This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be maintained.

       Each line of this file contains 9 fields, separated by colons (":"), in the following order:

       login name
           It must be a valid account name, which exist on the system.

       encrypted password
           Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted.

           If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to
           use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

           This field may be empty, in which case no passwords are required to authenticate as the specified login name. However, some
           applications which read the /etc/shadow file may decide not to permit any access at all if the password field is empty.

           A password field which starts with an exclamation mark means that the password is locked. The remaining characters on the line
           represent the password field before the password was locked.

       date of last password change
           The date of the last password change, expressed as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970.

           The value 0 has a special meaning, which is that the user should change her password the next time she will log in the system.

           An empty field means that password aging features are disabled.

       minimum password age
           The minimum password age is the number of days the user will have to wait before she will be allowed to change her password again.

           An empty field and value 0 mean that there are no minimum password age.

       maximum password age
           The maximum password age is the number of days after which the user will have to change her password.

           After this number of days is elapsed, the password may still be valid. The user should be asked to change her password the next time
           she will log in.

           An empty field means that there are no maximum password age, no password warning period, and no password inactivity period (see below).

           If the maximum password age is lower than the minimum password age, the user cannot change her password.

       password warning period
           The number of days before a password is going to expire (see the maximum password age above) during which the user should be warned.

           An empty field and value 0 mean that there are no password warning period.

       password inactivity period
           The number of days after a password has expired (see the maximum password age above) during which the password should still be accepted
           (and the user should update her password during the next login).

           After expiration of the password and this expiration period is elapsed, no login is possible using the current user's password. The
           user should contact her administrator.

           An empty field means that there are no enforcement of an inactivity period.

       account expiration date
           The date of expiration of the account, expressed as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970.

           Note that an account expiration differs from a password expiration. In case of an account expiration, the user shall not be allowed to
           login. In case of a password expiration, the user is not allowed to login using her password.

           An empty field means that the account will never expire.

           The value 0 should not be used as it is interpreted as either an account with no expiration, or as an expiration on Jan 1, 1970.

       reserved field
           This field is reserved for future use.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
           User account information.

       /etc/shadow
           Secure user account information.

       /etc/shadow-
           Backup file for /etc/shadow.

           Note that this file is used by the tools of the shadow toolsuite, but not by all user and password management tools.

SEE ALSO

       chage(1), login(1), passwd(1), passwd(5), pwck(8), pwconv(8), pwunconv(8), su(1), sulogin(8).

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