On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 05:27:02PM -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.
Have you tried using linuxconf instead? Sorry, that's what I thought
you were using... I didn't know you were using DrakConf... that might
be more stringent.
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