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Re: How to do simple passwords
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Taetzsch)
Thu Dec 3 16:21:17 1998
From: Steven Taetzsch <staetzsc@pictel.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:57:33 -0500 (EST)
To: "Toby Herring" <therring@syncroflo.com>
Cc: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <002801be1d47$0b315ae0$640274d1@sherrif.syncroflo.com>
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I tried this, but it still doesn't work.
Toby Herring writes:
> Edit the file /etc/pam.d/login.
>
> remove or comment out the line "password required
> /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so ...."
>
> That will disable password "strength" checking.
> --
> Toby Herring
> IS Coordinator
> SyncroFlo, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred W. Noltie Jr. <criterion-consulting@usinternet.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 11:02 AM
> Subject: RE: How to do simple passwords
>
>
> >
> >
> ># -----Original Message-----
> ># From: Steven Taetzsch [mailto:staetzsc@pictel.com]
> ># Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 8:23 AM
> ># To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> ># Subject: How to do simple passwords
> >#
> >#
> ># How can I change the rules for passwords? I am running 5.1 on a home
> ># 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
> ># care if it's like a dictionary word.
> >
> >
> >I don't know how to do this, but I think that unless that pc is *never*
> >connected to the outside world it would be dangerous to attempt to override
> >this behavior.
> >
> >If you still want to do this, try using some unusual name (not your own).
> >Better, have the child add a digit or some non-alpha character(s) to that
> >dictionary word.
> >
> >Fred Noltie
> >
> >
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