[svlug] testing a password with bash.

[Paul Reiber]

use sed.
-pbr


On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:29 AM, James Sparenberg <james at linuxrebel.org> wrote:
> All,
>
>    Bash question for all of you.   I'm putting together a script that reaches
>  out to all my systems based on user role, and can either add, del, or update
>  a users name/passwd.  Now comes the question.
>
>    I want to be able to verify quality of the password.  # of characters is
>  easy.  pipe it through wc -m and see if it's greater than the minimum.  How
>  though would you recommend I go about verifying things like
>
>  1.  Not based on Dictionary word.
>  2.  Has Upper and lower case
>  3.  Contains at least 1 number or special character.
>
>  Special rules of sort.  It has to work on FreeBSD, RH and Debian.  I run a
>  multi-Ethnic environment ;)   here and need to be sure that ever system
>  produces the same results.
>
>  Suggestions? (and switching to XYZ lang isn't really an option here.)
>
>  James
>
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