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Operating Systems AIX Password Policy Post 302911187 by powerAIX on Wednesday 30th of July 2014 01:14:36 PM
Old 07-30-2014
IBM Password Policy

I need help. I have set a password policy. But I want to dis allow setting user name as password.
My policy is as below...
Code:
min length =8
min diff=2
min alpha=2
max repeats=2
dictionary= /usr/share/dict/words

Still user can set his username as password (i.e. Jackie1234).

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Code tags for code, please.
 

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CRACK_CHECK(3)								 1							    CRACK_CHECK(3)

crack_check - Performs an obscure check with the given password

SYNOPSIS
bool crack_check (resource $dictionary, string $password) DESCRIPTION
bool crack_check NULL (string $password, string $username = "", string $gecos = "", resource $dictionary) Performs an obscure check with the given password on the specified dictionary. The alternative signature also takes into account the user- name and the GECOS information. Warning This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk. PARAMETERS
o $dictionary - The crack lib dictionary. If not specified, the last opened dictionary is used. o $password - The password to be checked. o $username - The username of the account with the password. o $gecos - The GECOS information associated with the user account. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $password is strong, or FALSE otherwise. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ | 0.3 | | | | | | | The $username, $gecos and $dictionary parameters | | | were added to the alternative signature. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------------+ PHP Documentation Group CRACK_CHECK(3)
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