Hi, Stefan Wollny wrote on Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 08:32:00PM +0100: > Am 12/07/14 um 19:30 schrieb Adam Wolk:
>> I would like to ask what is the reason for man afterboot discouraging >> the usage of the space character in root passwords. >>> Root password >>> Change the password for the root user. (Note that throughout the >>> documentation, the term ``superuser'' is a synonym for the root user.) >>> Choose a password that has digits and special characters *(not space)* >>> as well as from the upper and lower case alphabet. >> Is there a reason for '(not space)' being included in that passage? The >> passwd utility seems pretty happy taking up the space character. Was it >> not the case in the past? > I have been asking exactly this question in June: > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=140388067802438&w=2 Oh well. Advice that nobody can explain the reasons for, and that several experienced people report to routinely disregard without adverse effect, is bad advice, in particular when it keeps people wondering what it's all about, so i deleted it. As long as you don't reuse one of your programs written in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_%28programming_language%29 for your password, you should be fine even if it contains a blank. Yours, Ingo
