On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:32:51AM -0000, firebird wrote: > > There are manpages for each of the modules, which document their options.
> I am well aware of that but man pam_unix for example does explain the min= > switch but max= or maxlen= switches are not even being mentioned in > there... I would therefore be very grateful if you could point me the way > to a complete documentation...? It doesn't explain max= or maxlen= because there are no such options to pam_unix! There was once a 'max' option to pam_unix *documented*, but it never worked and served no purpose. > Further if this is a "lapse of the pen" so to speak, how in the world do I > really turn off the complexity chek? That after all was my initial issue? Which complexity checks are you trying to disable? The only one enabled by default in pam_unix is the minimum password length requirement, which is controlled with the 'min=' option. There is also the 'obscure' option which is turned on by default in the stock Ubuntu config. All other password strength checks are applied by the pam_cracklib module, not by pam_unix; you can tune those with the various options described in the pam_cracklib manpage, but if you don't want any strength checking, you should just remove the libpam-cracklib package. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- changing pwd strength criteria in /etc/pam.d/common.password takes no effect at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671332 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
