On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 08:58, John Raif wrote:
> Although /etc/login.defs says the minimum password length is 5 useradd
> complains that it is to short but accepts it.  redhat-user-config gui will
> not accept a 5 character password.  

When you are root at a console prompt, the passwd command will accept
short passwords. The gui tool won't even try. This is expected. If you
try using the text mode passwd command as a normal user to change the
user's own password, it should not permit a short password.

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