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Subject: Re: [suse-security] Cracking passwd file on suse systems
From: Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso (fmmarzoaidecnet.com)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 05:19:03 CDT

Carsten Schmitz wrote:

> Hello...
>
> I want to check the passwd-file for insecure passwords.
> Is there a way to do this easily?

I think that SuSE carries in its distributions some tools for this, you can
try "john the ripper" for example that i think comes directly with SuSE; You
can search on www.linuxapps.com or another utility search engine anyway.

> User just have pop-access to their accounts, no telnet, so forcing the user
> to change the password from time to time is not possible.
>
> Greetins,
>
> Carsten Schmitz
>
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