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Not really a how do I... Valid Password - rantsh - 2007-02-02
I'm just wondering which characters are usable to build a strong root/user password for my suse box, besides the obvious [a-Z0-9] I know I can use $... which one else can I use?
Not really a how do I... Valid Password - znx - 2007-02-02
Quote:I'm just wondering which characters are usable to build a strong root/user password for my suse box, besides the obvious [a-Z0-9] I know I can use $... which one else can I use?
You can use next near any character, avoid using # or @ as these are traditional erase and kill. Normally once you were logged in kill became Ctrl+c and erase became the backspace (there are ways around this restriction but it isn't worth it).
Therefore you can use a-z A-Z 0-9 all the punc. marks (. , etc etc).
Personally I use the method of using a phrase .. like "twinkle twinkle little star" which becomes "ttls" then something like count the number of occurances of the first letter (t) which is 3 therefore I would use
Not really a how do I... Valid Password - anyweb - 2007-02-03
Quote:<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentcommentid="9961" data-ipsquote-username="rantsh" data-cite="rantsh" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="2730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm just wondering which characters are usable to build a strong root/user password for my suse box, besides the obvious [a-Z0-9] I know I can use $... which one else can I use?
You can use next near any character, avoid using # or @ as these are traditional erase and kill. Normally once you were logged in kill became Ctrl+c and erase became the backspace (there are ways around this restriction but it isn't worth it).
Therefore you can use a-z A-Z 0-9 all the punc. marks (. , etc etc).
Personally I use the method of using a phrase .. like "twinkle twinkle little star" which becomes "ttls" then something like count the number of occurances of the first letter (t) which is 3 therefore I would use
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Not really a how do I... Valid Password - square - 2007-03-11
Quote:<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="2730" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>omdhafeieioaotfhhaceieio
guess the hit song ?
cheers
anyweb
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Altogether now!
Old Mcdonald had a farm, eieioo And on that farm he had a cow..
Not really a how do I... Valid Password - anyweb - 2007-03-12
well done you got it !