[UPHPU] Passwords

[Kyle Waters]

I used to use a password generator, but now I typically make up 
acronyms.  Such as

Ilug4fs!(I love user groups for free software!)

That way it's easy to remember.  How ever if I need to come up with a 
bunch of different passwords for different services than I have to write 
them down.  I don't like having to look them up all the time.  I think 
it's debatable which is more of a security threat(having all your 
passwords written down, or using the same password), I tend to think 
using the same password is more of a threat(but I'm lazy).   If there 
are services I need to access and restart frequently I tend to use the 
same password for all of them unless I have a reason not to(like having 
to share the password with different people).  Though I really try to 
find ways not to share passwords, and I discourage users from giving 
their passwords to IT or managers.

    We also use ldap with pam, and it's simplified things a lot.

Kyle