Subject: Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:18:37PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote:
>
> > > 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...
> >
> > I'm going to try it with 7.0 then and if it works I'll keep on trucking
with
> > 7.0 for the rest of my suitability tests.
> > I'm basically going through all (many) distro's to determine which we'll
be
> > endorsing as official Linux Platform for our Automotive POS software.
It's
> > really been a frustrating experience.
> > I'm almost ready to wait longer before starting a SCO-->Linux
migration...
> > but I hate giving up, being beaten by a computer.
>
> I hear ya... evil computers.. =) Hopefully 7.0 will do what you
> need it to... it'd be a shame to have you wasting all kinds of time
> on Linux just to stick with SCO...
>
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[tr1@hwlinux tr1]$ passwd
Changing password for tr1
(current) UNIX password:
New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
[tr1@hwlinux tr1]$
[tr1@hwlinux tr1]$ su
Password:
[root@hwlinux tr1]# passwd tr1
Changing password for user tr1
New UNIX password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
[root@hwlinux tr1]#
Looks like as root, it acts as expected, i.e. warns but accepts.
As user, it warns but also doesn't accept.
I'm going to reload 7.1 and see if it's the same, but first I'll try setting
up some Samba passwords.
BTW, the password I was setting is "sunset1".
I may be able to survive on this but if anyone has any ideas to reduce the
complexity requirement overall, that would still be my preference.
Heinz
