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WARNING: This information has not been updated since October, 1997!
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Name: passwd+ - Makes users select good passwords
Version: 5.alpha
Author(s): Matt Bishop <bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu>
Matt Bishop
Internet: bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu
MaBell: +1 916 752 8060
Ftp source: nob.cs.ucdavis.edu:/pub/sec-tools/passwd+.alpha.tar.Z
Description:
This command changes (or installs) the password, the login
shell, or the GECOS information associated with the
user name (your own name by default).
When altering a password, the program prompts for the current password
and then for the new one. The caller must supply both. The new pass-
word must be typed twice to forestall mistakes.
New passwords are tested to ensure that they are not easy to guess. The
specific tests used vary from site to site. Unlike the standard pass-
word command, these rules may be abrogated only by changing the tests.
The tests are contained in a configuration file; the superuser may
specify another test file with the -t option. This is intended for
debugging a new test file.
-- Condensed from from the manpage by Matt Bishop in the passwd+
4.a distribution.
Advertised architectures: None listed
Prerequisites: C Compiler
