On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com> wrote:
> On 07/03/2012 08:56 AM, Jeffrey Ross issued this missive:: > > How do I relax the password requirements in Fedora? >> >> I though adjusting /etc/pam.d/system-auth was were the changed needed to >> be made, I made this change: >> >> #password requisite pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3 type= >> password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 shadow nullok try_first_pass >> #use_authtok >> password required pam_deny.so >> >> but Fedora still seems to be strict on password requirements. So either I >> attacked the wrong file or made the wrong changes. >> >> Any pointers to where I should be making my changes? >> > > You can remove pam_cracklib from the chain, change it to "optional" or > change its parameters. Check "man pam_cracklib" for how it works and > the parameters it accepts. Personally, I'd leave it "requisite" and > change its parameters to accommodate your relaxed restrictions. > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ri...@alldigital.com - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do - > - in it. - > - -- WC. Fields - > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > > It may also be necessary to make an adjustment to the requirements in /etc/login.def to relax it. That file controls things like logging it and number of times you may enter it before it will not be accepted. -- Charlie Kravetz Registered Linux User # 425914 ref link http://counter.li.org/ charlie.krav...@gmail.com Don't let anyone steal your dream!
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