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LISA 2000 Abstract
User-Centric Account Management with Heterogeneous Password Changing
Douglas Hughes, Auburn University
Abstract
There are a plethora of password changing programs available for
users and systems administrators to use. Most of the existing password
changers, however, fall short in some way. Either they are still text
based, requiring users to use unfamiliar tools in unfamiliar
environments, or they are part of an all encompassing framework -
designed to completely supplant the entire existing account creation,
maintenance and distribution process. Our program is designed, first,
to be usable without training or human support. Second, it is
designed to use existing distribution databases such as NIS and LDAP.
We integrate many of the features of prior password changers such as
the Cracklib library, character classes, and rules for password
selection. We try to provide easy extensibility both in terms of
database support and by providing other user-focussed programs that
use the same authentication framework.
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