Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site amd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!amd!phil From: phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Don't force random passwords on people! Message-ID: <202@amd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 19:41:28 EDT Article-I.D.: amd.202 Posted: Fri Aug 17 19:41:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 01:38:41 EDT References: <12465@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: AMD, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 19 At this site there are people who will chose passwords that are easily guessed no matter how many times you ask them not to. This includes my managing director. After several months we realized things were not going to get better, so we hacked passwd to assign a password instead of soliciting one. It doesn't bother me too much if someone writes their password on a piece of paper taped to their terminal, I'm trying to keep out the phone hackers. It gets boring playing password cop, I much prefer letting Unix do it. Flame away, I don't care. I sleep much better at night now. -- amd70 is dead, tell a friend Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA