[102088] in RedHat Linux List
RE: How to do simple passwords
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Harvey Chapman)
Tue Dec 1 11:15:21 1998
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 11:15:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard Harvey Chapman <hchapman@force.stwing.upenn.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <000201be1d44$61efce00$070aa8c0@fast-freddy>
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Fred W. Noltie Jr. wrote:
> # From: Steven Taetzsch [mailto:staetzsc@pictel.com]
> #
> # pc that is usually not connected to the outside world. When someone
> # (like my kids) tries to change their password, it is rejected because
> # it's like a dictionary word. They get very frustrated, and I don't
This is directed at Steven; I lost the original message.
If your RedHat is like mine, then it'll accept bad passwords. It'll
complain about them, but it'll accept them.
I just changed my root passwd to "dog" e.g. (Yes, I changed it back
afterwards... to cat...<g>)
[root@smile ~]# passwd
New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it's WAY too short
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
R.
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