[Tfug] Allowed Password Characters

[Bowie J. Poag]

I recall having "g*73>xe^P" for a password once, which would lead me to
believe that any _printable_ ASCII characters are valid. In order words, you
cant have an <EOF> byte in there, since its not a printed character.

In short, I dunno.. But at least its a clue. :)

Cheers,
Bowie


> Can anyone point me to a reference or doc that states specifically what
> (non-alphanumerical) characters can be used in a Linux system (root or
> user) password?
>
> If this varies based on shell or distribution, can you point to any
> documentation that outlines what specifically will work under an
> installation of Linux Mandrake 8.2 running BASH?
>
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