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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>OK – it turns out I *<b>can</b>* change it at the command line to something vaguely sane – once I can get it to accept something at all, so I have a workable workaround. Plus, I don’t understand why it’s supposed to be so darned safe from users setting dud passwords for themselves if it can be bypassed as easily, but I’m not going to go looking the gift horse in the gob. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Chris Comley [mailto:chris@wizards.co.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> 18 January 2012 14:42<br><b>To:</b> 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [BlueOnyx:09315] Password Enforcement<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This seems to be going from bad to worse anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve just tried<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>log12&---12ad99++<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and it’s STILL saying it’s “too short” – that’s surely longer than some I’ve done before. Is it trying to insist on a minium number of letters or digits as well as over-all length? Half the problem is the rules don’t even appear to be specified! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I daresay I can’t change the pwd at the command line either… <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <a href="mailto:blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it">blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it]">[mailto:blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Comley<br><b>Sent:</b> 05 January 2012 10:13<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:blueonyx@blueonyx.it">blueonyx@blueonyx.it</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [BlueOnyx:09315] Password Enforcement<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s getting very annoying trying to create user passwords which don’t get sent back for being “too short” or “based on a dictionary word” when they are no such thing. The result is very stupid passwords which are inherently insecure as the user will have to keep them written down. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there any way to amend the policy, or to just turn it off?? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For further reading on the subject of *<b>good</b>* passwords I offer <a href="http://xkcd.com/936/">http://xkcd.com/936/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>--<br>Chris Comley<br>Wizards Limited - Reg in England # 2799104 - PO Box 255 - HP16 9SD<br>Networking, Storage, Internet, Phones | 01494 837515<br>and Wide Area Networking | Talk to us about telephone systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Firewalls, Routers, Switches - Installation, training, consultancy. </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>