I know.
go to a text screen by pressing control+alt+F1 button and then log in
as the root user.
Then type linuxconf
When the linuxconf screen pops up then arrow-key down to
the user accounts and press enter.
then arrow down to password&account policies and press enter.
Here you should see a screen with You must enter here the validation rules
for password.
then the first selection you should be presented with is
minimum length 6
when the little underscore cursor is blinking under the 6 you can then
change the default to a higher or as you wanted a *lower* number.
Hope this helps.
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> I like simple passwords on machines that require no security.
> I use the simple passwords only for my own safeguard against a stupid
> action.
>
> During the installation Mandrake 7.1 was quite happy to accept a simple
> password but once installed it tries to overprotect.
>
> I tried setting security level to Low, but it had no effect on password
> complexity requirement.
>
> How can I reduce the password complexity currently required? I.e. it should
> accept anything I want to give it. It should be left up to me as to how
> complex I want to get.
>
> TIA - Heinz
