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stealthy
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 Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:25 pm Post subject: Password length question |
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Hello Everyone,
I am trying to configure my system, so that the minimum password length is 8
I tried editing /etc/login.defs and change PASS_MIN_LEN
but that gives me the error
| Code: | | configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MIN_LEN' (notify administrator) |
Although it seems to do what I intended to do.
Just wondering if there is another way of defining complex passwords..or if I need to do something different, so that I don't get this error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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khayyam
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: Password length question |
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| stealthy wrote: | | Just wondering if there is another way of defining complex passwords..or if I need to do something different, so that I don't get this error. |
stealthy ... assuming you are using pam this is defined in /etc/pam.d/system-auth
| Code: | | password required pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3 |
... so, a minimum length of 8 chars is already set, and should be enforced by 'passwd' (see: /etc/pam.d/passwd).
HTH & best ... khay |
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stealthy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 8:58 pm Post subject: Password length question |
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Hello Khayyam,
My /etc/pam.d/system-auth is exactly the way you mentioned.
my /etc/pam.d/passwd has
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auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
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What do I need to change in there, so that password policy is enforced. Right now as a regular user, I can still setup a password that is 7 characters long.
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khayyam
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Password length question |
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| stealthy wrote: | | What do I need to change in there, so that password policy is enforced. Right now as a regular user, I can still setup a password that is 7 characters long. |
stealthy ... I'm not sure what's going on here because as I understand the above system-auth should enforce a minimum length. The 7 char passphrase this was created by root? Can the user do the same and still login?
best ... khay |
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