On Friday 27 February 2015 17:27:32 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 27 February 2015 18:57:01 Gene Heskett wrote: > > It's something I haven't had to do in 4+ years, feels a bit retrograde, > > Well, I have never claimed ot be a Bright Young Thing, not even whne I > ought to have been a bright young thing. Love it Lisi, you are an endless source of pithy comments, something a well run mailing list needs lots more of. ;-) > > and > > a different password will confound my usage on the other 4 machines here. > > > > > And do remember, because it seems often to be > > > relevant, you have NOT got a default Wheezy install. �(You had issues > > > with that, remember? �You found a one person bug!!) > > > > Chuckle, I am a graduate, Summa Cum Laude, of the school that teaches how > > to do that. �I must have got stoned and missed it though, don't even > > remember taking the course, but I am very very good at that. > > > > What is the maximum length of a password in characters? > > > :-) I'll let someone else answer that. I use > > $ pwgen -sy 10 > > Many would consider that too short, and I'm thinking of lengthening it. > But I'm a lousy typist. I'm afraid that I am a fatalist. If they are out > to get me, they'll get me. I just like to make them work a little harder. > ;-) Me too, which is why I tend to write my own 20+ char passwords but containing stuff I know so is easier to remember. I will not repeat any of them here for obvious reasons not to mention I'd never be able to re-use such a potion again. And it would tend to give the savvy crackers an insite into how my mind might work, making their job about 10,000x easier. Suffice to say that I am now locked out of the Nook Color I bought the Missus 2 years ago for Christmas, I set a password that must have been longer than its buffer. Bad dog, no biscuit. :( And it cannot get online after the initial session thru my wifi here, I suspect for the same reason. So she is stuck using its builtin crossword generator, which by now has to have looped thru its dictionary 3 or 4 times. But, it does keep her out of the bars so we're both reasonably happy with that state of affairs. ;-) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>