To set a hard minimum password length, please use the 'min' option to pam_unix instead. The 'minlen' option to pam_cracklib doesn't do what the name suggests it should do.
I'm confirming this as a documentation bug; the pam_cracklib documentation needs to be made a lot clearer about this. ** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- pam_cracklib 'minlen' option is misnamed and poorly explained https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139999 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