Hi Chris, Have you read the pam_cracklib manpage? The 'minlen' option is unfortunately named, because it is /not/ a minimum acceptable password length, it's a minimum acceptable password *strength*. Because pam_cracklib assigns "credits" for use of each character class, using a mix of upper/lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols will cause pam_cracklib to see the password as "longer" than it really is.
If you are trying to set a hard minimum for password length, you can use the 'min=N' option to pam_unix itself, with or without pam_cracklib. If this is not the problem you're having, then I'll have to take a second look. Your usage looks correct, but I haven't yet tested here to be sure it works the way I understand it's supposed to. ** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- changes to /etc/pam.d/common-password with cracklib don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139999 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
