09-01-2017
Show Asterisks when changing Password
Note: **Showing Asterisks when using SUDO is not what I am looking for. That method is well documented**
Short Description: We have a requirement where users want to see that they are typing a password when logging into a RedHat box or when they are changing their password -- instead of seeing nothing.
Reason for request: I have Windows users who use an application where I configured Windbind to connect to our Active Directory environment for account authentication. After x number of days, users are required to change their AD password via a Unix interface. *nix default behavior as we know, is to not show asterisks/anything when typing a password (for security or 'dev folk never got around to changing the code to change this behaviour' reasons). Whatever the case, I have been asked if there was a way to allow for Asterisks to be shown when users are logging in or changing their password. Is there a configuration change anybody is aware of, or a commercial product that will do this?
I have found many - many posts to do it when using SUDO, but this will not accomplish what I need to do.
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text::password::pronounceable
Text::Password::Pronounceable(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Text::Password::Pronounceable(3pm)
NAME
Text::Password::Pronounceable - Generate pronounceable passwords
SYNOPSIS
# Generate a pronounceable password that is between 6 and 10 characters.
Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate(6, 10);
# Ditto
my $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new(6, 10);
$pp->generate;
DESCRIPTION
This module generates pronuceable passwords, based the the English digraphs by D Edwards.
METHODS
new
$pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($min, $max);
$pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($len);
Construct a password factory with length limits of $min and $max. Or create a password factory with fixed length if only one argument
is provided.
generate
$pp->generate;
$pp->generate($len);
$pp->generate($min, $max);
Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($len);
Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($min, $max);
Generate password. If used as an instance method, arguments override the factory settings.
HISTORY
This code derived from mpw.pl, a bit of code with a sordid history.
o CPAN module by Chia-liang Kao 9/11/2006.
o Perl cleaned up a bit by Jesse Vincent 1/14/2001.
o Converted to perl from C by Marc Horowitz, 1/20/2000.
o Converted to C from Multics PL/I by Bill Sommerfeld, 4/21/86.
o Original PL/I version provided by Jerry Saltzer.
LICENSE
Copyright 2006 by Best Practical Solutions, LLC.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
perl v5.10.1 2010-08-16 Text::Password::Pronounceable(3pm)