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Re: Fascist PAM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Baverstock)
Thu Nov 7 17:14:31 1996
From: Tim Baverstock <warwick@mmm.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:03:06 GMT
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exec@prysm.net (Eric Lee Green) wrote:
>Is anybody else starting to get seriously ticked off at the "fascist mode"
>PAM password-checking?
>
>Example: I have an anonymous UUCP site. I have a standard password for that
>anonymous UUCP site: anon. Well, I just set up a new system with RedHat
>4.0 and tried to set my "anonuucp" password to "anon" and guess what? No
>dice! "Password too short."
Well.. far be it from me to suggest hacking /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow
directly, but.. have you tried hacking /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow directly? :)
[18:51:50] weasel:warwick $ perl -le 'print crypt("anon","22")'
22yH9c0sqctYE
[18:51:56] weasel:warwick $
Just bung that `22yH9c0sqctYE' rubbish into the encrypted password field.
Have fun.
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