jjc@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jeffrey J. Carpenter) (06/30/91)
>Please answer the following questions (or as many as you have >information for) and return them to me, I will post a summary message to >the list. > > >1. Do people needing to have their password go to a central site (like >an Accounts Office) to get their password changed or can they go to any >computing lab? > >2. Do you reset the password to the original password or do you set it >to something else (what the user requests, what you assign, etc...)? > >3. Do you permit password changes over the phone? If so how do you >verify that the user is who he says he is? > >4. Who is authorized to change passwords (Full time employees, part-time >employees, accounts office people, lab operators, user consultants, >etc...)? > >5. Please list any other comments not covered by the questions above. > I have compiled the responses to my original posting. It is too large to post, so I have made it available for anonymous ftp at FTP.PITT.EDU in the directory public/info/general/password-change-policies.txt. If you do not have access to FTP, send me mail and I will mail the file to you. Thanks to all who responded. jeff -------- Jeff Carpenter University of Pittsburgh, Computing and Information Services 600 Epsilon Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238 jjc+@cis.pitt.edu, jjc@pittvms.bitnet +1 412 624 6424, FAX +1 412 624 6436
Peter M. Weiss <PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu> (07/01/91)
In article <146193@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, jjc@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jeffrey J. Carpenter) says: > >I have compiled the responses to my original posting. It is too large to >post, so I have made it available for anonymous ftp at FTP.PITT.EDU in the >directory public/info/general/password-change-policies.txt. I didn't find a /public directory, but I did find /info/general/password-change-policies.txt /Pete