With Gnome in plain Ubuntu 9.04 with no_NB.utf8 locale (norwegian bokmaal) this is not fixed.
After installing pam_cracklib, using configuration: password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=14 difok=5 password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure use_authtok try_first_pass sha512 remember=6 When testing password "123sex" with passwd in a shell the feedback are: SVAKT PASSORD: det er basert på et ord fra en ordbok (Translated: "WEAK PASSWORD: it's based on a dictionary word") However, going through the "About me" dialogue in Gnome/Ubuntu menu, using "Change password", it just hangs indefinitely, until killed... The feedback from passwd should be showed by the graphical app also, no matter. I found this problem while setting up an Ubuntu system for a user who is never going to touch the shell... -- gnome-about-me password change when using password too simple or pam-cracklib https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151218 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
