It looks like the documentation on max was removed as requested back
in Maverick. Thanks for your report.
** Changed in: serverguide
Status: Triaged = Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671332
Title:
changing pwd strength criteria in /etc/pam.d/common.password takes no
effect at all
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Dear Steve!
I am afraid I overlooked the 'obsure' completely...
It really did the trick!
PLEASE accept my apologies for having caused this fuzz completely needlessly...
BUT - to my defence - the documentation and help pages on the net really
confused me (remember the maxlen= switch? I meanwhile
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:47:07PM -, firebird wrote:
Well... I can even attempt to set a six character or eight charakter
password, it won't accept it.
What is the exact error message, and what are the contents of
/etc/pam.d/common-password?
Have you removed the 'obscure' option to
Hi Steve!
Well... I can even attempt to set a six character or eight charakter
password, it won't accept it.
It did not accept it BEFORE I MANUALLY installed libpam-cracklib, which was NOT
installed per default.
If i set the min= Parameter to for example 4 I still cannot enter a six digit
Dear Steve!
Ok, first of all thanks alot for your thoroughness, I really appreciate
that!
There are manpages for each of the modules, which document their options.
I am well aware of that but man pam_unix for example does explain the min=
switch but max= or maxlen= switches are not even being
On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:32:51AM -, firebird wrote:
There are manpages for each of the modules, which document their options.
I am well aware of that but man pam_unix for example does explain the min=
switch but max= or maxlen= switches are not even being mentioned in
there... I
Dear Steve!
I know, it is hard to get a proper documentation on the paramters in
/etc/pam.d/common-password, but according to what I found, for example
here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/user-management.html
the max= switch should do EAXACTLY what I described above, and what you
I know, it is hard to get a proper documentation on the paramters in
/etc/pam.d/common-password,
There are manpages for each of the modules, which document their
options.
but according to what I found, for example here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/user-management.html
The 'max' option was documented to impose an upper limit on password
*length*, not disable strength checks for passwords longer than this. I
tihnk you probably want the 'min' option instead in order to support
short passwords.
** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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