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Tong Hu_1
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‎05-23-2003 10:54 AM

‎05-23-2003 10:54 AM

password string restriction??

We have HP11 machines setup, one user on the machine try to change his password to lup#%US. After change it, it couldn't be used to login. I tried to use this password for other users, it doesn't work either. What's wrong with this string? Can somebody explain?

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Tong
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James R. Ferguson
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‎05-23-2003 11:01 AM

‎05-23-2003 11:01 AM

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Re: password string restriction??

Hi Tong:

The characters #, @, /, !, _, backspace, ^U, ^D, or & have special meaning to the 'getty' login process and therefore cannot be used. see the man pages for 'getty(1M)' form more information.

Regards!

...JRF...
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Hai Nguyen_1
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‎05-23-2003 11:06 AM

‎05-23-2003 11:06 AM

Re: password string restriction??

Tong,

Try to enter the password as "lup\#%US" without quotes. Note that there is a \ right in front of #. You should be able to login.

Hai
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Paul Sperry
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‎05-23-2003 11:06 AM

‎05-23-2003 11:06 AM

Re: password string restriction??

This may help you
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/ciss/doLogin.do?TargetPage=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.itrc.hp.com%2Fservice%2Fcki%2FdocDisplay.do%3FdocLocale%3Den_US%26admit%3D-1335382922%2B1053716674604%2B28353475%26docId%3D200000066734723

is the system trusted or un-trusted?
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