On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 06:06:18PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
>
> I tried that first, root at the console, linuxconf
>
> It allowed setting length, but even that seemed to me ignored.
> I also ran msec custom, hoping it may have a bearing on it, but no luck.
That's really wierd. I haven't tried it with 7.1 (can't anymore
since it's now straight cooker), but with 7.0 you can set the
password to pretty much anything you like if you ignore the warnings
and just carry on...
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