Thanks!  Didn't know this didn't apply to root!

Very much appreciated!

Chris

On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 05:33:16PM -0800, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2005, at 3:42 PM, Todd Walton wrote:
>
> >password required pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2
> >ocredit=2 retry=3
> >password sufficient pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok
> >password required pam_deny.so
> >
> >This doesn't enforce strong passwords, it just says, 'You don't have
> >one.  Reconsider.'  (Effectively.)
>
> Well, if you're not root, and you try to set a weak password, it
> won't let you.
>
> I.e., if I try to use a bad password on my FC4 box while trying to
> change it, I get this:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED](pts/1):~ 1 $ passwd
> Changing password for user gkade.
> Changing password for gkade
> (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:
> Retype new UNIX password:
>
> The only reason it let me go on was because I typed a sufficiently
> "good" password that last time.
>
> On my FC4 box, the options for pam_cracklib are in /usr/share/doc/
> pam-0.79/README.pam_cracklib.
>
> Gregory
>
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>
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