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120 lines
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= TIPS FOR APG =
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= This file contains some tips for APG. =
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= =
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= 1. If You wish to submit a tip please send an email to =
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= <a-del@iname.com> and if i find it useful i'll put =
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= Your tip in the APG_TIPS file of the next release. =
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= I will also put Your tip on the APG website as soon =
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= as it posible. =
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= 2. If you wish to remove or update Your tip please send =
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= en email to <a-del@iname.com>. I will remove/update =
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= Your tip in the APG_TIPS file of the next release. =
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= I'll remove/update Your tip on the APG website as =
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= soon as it posible. =
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= =
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= Adel I Mirzazhanov =
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= a-del@iname.com =
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######################################################
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# 1. Elimination of certain characters from the output
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# by Barton Hodges <barton@gcmcomputers.com>
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######################################################
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I don't like to use "o"'s or "l"'s in my passwords
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because they looke like zeros and ones instead of O's
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and L's.
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I hacked together a little shell script to accomplish
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the elimination of certain characters from the output.
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----------[cut here]
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#!/bin/sh
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genpw () {
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PW=$(/usr/local/bin/apg -L -m 10 -x 10 -n 1 | egrep -v [owl])
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if [ "$PW" != "" ]; then
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echo $PW
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return 0;
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else
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return 1;
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fi
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}
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until genpw; do : ; done
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----------[cut here]
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Note:
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Since apg-2.1.0b0 you can use [-e char_string] option
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to do the same thing.
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#######################################################
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# 2. APG and xinetd
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# by Tomaz Zupan <tomaz.zupan@orpo.si>
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#######################################################
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I use xinetd instead of inetd as per your documentation,
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so I hope you (or anyone using apgd) might find usefull
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this xinetd.conf entry. Arguments are tailored according
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to my needs, but that shouldn't be a problem for anyone
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that read man pages ...
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--------> [cut here]
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# default: on
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# description: APGD is a deamon that returns randomly generated password
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service pwdgen
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{
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port = 129
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socket_type = stream
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wait = no
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only_from = localhost
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user = pismonosa
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server = /usr/local/sbin/apgd
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server_args = -M ln -n 1 -m 6 -x 8 -a 1
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instances = 1
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log_on_failure += USERID
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disable = no
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}
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--------> [cut here]
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######################################################
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# 3. APG and PHP script
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# from http://www.forth.com/rick/
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######################################################
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After building and installing APG, you must make it
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easily available. The simplest is as a web-page
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reference. The simplest way to do this is by a php
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script located in the root of the web server's data
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tree:
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--------> [cut here]
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<html>
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<body>
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<pre>
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<?
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$foo = `/usr/local/bin/apg -n 20`;
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echo $foo
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?>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</html>
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--------> [cut here]
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######################################################
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# 4. APG v2.1.0b0 and [R,r] letters in mode string
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# by Adel I. Mirzazhanov <a-del@iname.com>
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######################################################
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Since version 2.1.0b0 You can not use symbols R,r to ask
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APG not to generate symbols (' ` | \ ? $ ") when You
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plan to use special symbol set for password generation.
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But You stil can get the same resault with new option
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[-e char_string] (see apg(1)). Just run APG like this:
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apg -a1 -M s -e \'\`\|\?\$\"\\
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This method will work for random password generation
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only.
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