Re: minimum password length/character combination supp ort?

<[email protected]> Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:08:18 +0000
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Tom,


Thanks for the reply.  Of course, sorry for the naïve query.  Yes we use qmailadmin to allow password changes by end users.


And we’ve just found a writeup here:

http://mugurel.sumanariu.ro/qmail/qmailadmin-check-if-password-is-strong-enough/

but it seems a little dodgy.


There isn’t by any chance a build time variable for qmail admin or something a little more within the source tree than the above patch method?


Thanks again for your reply.






Sincerely,

Peter Brezny
Purplecat Networks Inc.
www.purplecat.net
828-250-9446





From: Tom Collins
Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎October‎ ‎29‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎56‎ ‎PM
To: [email protected]





The vchkpw program verifies the password.  Are you wondering about the vpasswd program for changing a password?  That's an admin program, and wouldn't typically enforce a password change policy.

How do your users currently change their passwords?  QmailAdmin?  Some other program?  You would have to incorporate password requirements into that program, and not the one that validates a password.

-Tom


On Oct 29, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Peter Brezny wrote:
> Dear [email protected],
> 
> Is there a way to enforce a minimum length and character combination
> (letters, numbers, upper case) with vchkpw and if not, are there patches or
> external applications that integrate well with vchkpw to get this
> functionality?




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<div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><div>Tom,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply.&nbsp; Of course, sorry for the naïve query.&nbsp; Yes we use qmailadmin to allow password changes by end users.</div><div><br></div><div>And we’ve just found a writeup here:</div><div><a href="http://mugurel.sumanariu.ro/qmail/qmailadmin-check-if-password-is-strong-enough/" target="_parent">http://mugurel.sumanariu.ro/qmail/qmailadmin-check-if-password-is-strong-enough/</a></div><div>but it seems a little dodgy.</div><div><br></div><div>There isn’t by any chance a build time variable for qmail admin or something a little more within the source
  tree than the above patch method?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for your reply.</div><div><br></div><div data-signatureblock="true"><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,<br><br>Peter Brezny<br>Purplecat Networks Inc.<br>www.purplecat.net<br>828-250-9446</div><div><br></div></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid;"><div><font face=" 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif'" style='line-height: 15pt; letter-spacing: 0.02em; font-family: "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><b>From:</b>&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_parent">Tom Colli
 ns</a><br><b>Sent:</b>&nbsp;‎Wednesday‎, ‎October‎ ‎29‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎56‎ ‎PM<br><b>To:</b>&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_parent">[email protected]</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div dir=""><div id="readingPaneBodyContent">The vchkpw program verifies the password.&nbsp; Are you wondering about the vpasswd program for changing a password?&nbsp; That's an admin program, and wouldn't typically enforce a password change policy.<br><br>How do your users currently change their passwords?&nbsp; QmailAdmin?&nbsp; Some other program?&nbsp; You would have to incorporate password requirements into that program, and not the one that validates a password.<br><br>-Tom<br><br><br>On Oct 29, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Peter Brezny wrote:<br>&gt; Dear vchkpw@inter7.
 com,<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Is there a way to enforce a minimum length and character combination<br>&gt; (letters, numbers, upper case) with vchkpw and if not, are there patches or<br>&gt; external applications that integrate well with vchkpw to get this<br>&gt; functionality?<br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>

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