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Re: Fascist PAM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile)
Thu Nov 7 12:38:08 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:09:24 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile" <scoile@patriot.net>
To: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611071645.LAA03085@tristan.redhat.com>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
[...]
> OK, Donnie and I have fixed this, and we'll have a fixed RPM out soon
> (today or tomorrow, probably; in the next batch, whenever that is...)
>
> root will be allowed to set any password. fascist checks will only
> apply to non-root users. Also, root can turn off fascist checks completely
> with the pam_unix_passwd argument fascist=false in /etc/pam.conf,
> like this:
> passwd password required /lib/security/pam_unix_passwd.so fascist=false
Christ, can we do away with the derogatory termonology? It really annoys
me that I'm considered a fascist because I want to protect my system.
How 'bout "strict" instead of "fascist"?
The GNU su man page annoys me for this reason, too.
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Steve Coile P a t r i o t N e t Systems Engineering
scoile@patriot.net Patriot Computer Group (703) 277-7737
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