On Sep 28, 2012, at 6:27 AM, "Spencer R. Shimko" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is anyone strongly bound to pam_cracklib?  The reason I ask is that the prose 
> and OVAL checks are currently written for pam_cracklib.  pam_cracklib doesn't 
> enforce complexity requirements on UID 0.  pam_passwdqc can enforce password 
> complexity requirements on root with the "enforce=everyone" option.  Many 
> requirement sets do not differentiate between privilege users and 
> unprivileged users in the I&A sections.  As a result I'd like to switch to 
> passwdqc.  Unless there is opposition we'll put together a patch to make the 
> switch. 

We've used pam_passwdqc on a RHEL 6.2 based cross domain system with no 
certification issues.

joe
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