weakpass_edit(8) System Manager's Manual weakpass_edit(8)

weakpass_edit — Mac OS X Server Password Server weak password dictionary insertion tool

add [[-p passphrase] | [-f file]]

delete [[-p passphrase] | [-f file]]

weakpass_edit Adds weak or undesirable passwords to a dictionary of passwords to be rejected by the password server.

weakpass_edit must be run as root; it will exit otherwise.

This tool's purpose is to manage the weak password dictionary.

The following options are available:

add or delete a passphrase, provided as a command-line argument, to the weak password database.
add or delete all passphrases contained in a file.

/var/db/authserver - the password server database repository. The weak password files are here.
/var/db/authserver/weakpasswords.[n] - an alphabetized list of weak passwords to reject.

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21 February 2002 Mac OS X Server