on 08/01/00 2:37 PM, Vincent Danen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:14:23PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote:
>
>> Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all.
>>
>> Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer
>> than specified)
>>
>> and also complains if I use names or words it finds as "dictionary words".
>>
>> I'm going to try another install as I seem to recall there may've been some
>> password options during install that I missed.
>
> If it complains of a bad password, it's just a warning. It will
> still ask you to re-enter the password and you can still put in your
> bad dictionary-based password and it will accept it.
Not on Mandrake. I'm quite sure I tried that. Currently in the middle of a
re-install, so I can't double confirm.
I know that's how earlier RedHats and even RH 6.2 behaves.
It just "suggests" but 'drake seems to insist.
Heinz
