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I'm trying to install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine and the fucking thing keeps telling me my sa password isn't strong. Any clues?

Systems adminstrator password?

Password strength isgenerally associated with how easy it is to crack. A strong password will take a fairly long time to decypher. Try changing your password so that it has numbers letters and symbols, preferably more than 8 characters long.

It does. Both my password and my admin password uses: letters, numbers, and symbols.

try 8 characters, numbers, letters, capitols etc.
l33t speak works well

Something Awful password

Try 64 characters, capital and not letters, leet speak words, numbers and special symbols.

My password for everything online is '0w3FcaW9pJjE34E2k'

Yea, SA is the account that has complete control over every database running on the server. They make sure it's strong. I'd go with 10-12 characters, with numbers, letters and just a couple of symbols.

blood.angel wrote:My password for everything online is '0w3FcaW9pJjE34E2k'

*makes attempt to hax0r b.a's Q3W account*



... :icon33:

Many brute force attempts include a 13375p34k dictionary. It's marginally better than using your login name as your password.

I think its fucking gay that I have to change my password because MS says so. I might understand if I were actually running a server but the fact that this is MY account on MY home PC...fucking gay.

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Yes...because Apple is at the fore-front of ASP.NET and MS SQL development... :icon27:

Ok what accounts do I need to change because apparently @acl.06.ket$ is not strong enough.

You shouldn't have to change any accounts, just the password for the SA account. What is it telling you to do exactly, is this still during the install?

when i need to do strong passwords, i normally choose a keyboard pattern. for example: 1q2w3e4R%t - that one zig-zags. makes it easier to remember, for me.

sirstrongbad wrote:when i need to do strong passwords, i normally choose a keyboard pattern. for example: 1q2w3e4R%t - that one zig-zags. makes it easier to remember, for me.

i do the same thing, although a little more complex than a zig zag from one key to the next.

You can install it with a blank sa password using the following command line parameter: "BLANKSAPWD=1". Of course, this poses a security threat if the database instance is used in Mixed mode .. I'd stick with Windows Authentication mode in any case.

bitWISE wrote:I'm trying to install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine and the fucking thing keeps telling me my sa password isn't strong. Any clues?

It probably wants a certain encryption. I use KeyPass when I want to create a random password.
You can use the mouse in a box to create a random password.

I just generated this 50 character password: wqmMsVXJD7Y6Ah78ooFuiepFiET82it75CIqTYaRe1Reirz4Mv
It has a 398 bit quality.