Re: Strong password checks

Ryan Golhar said:

> Is there any mechanism in directory administrator to check that the
> passwords entered by a user is a strong password in the same way that
> the traditional passwd utility checks?
>
> I've been able to create accounts using directory administrator with the
> password of 'password' and I'm worried that some of my recent users use
> simple passwords.  All our other system use strong passwords.
>
> Is there a PAM module I need to put in place?

What you're looking for is the cracklib library.

http://www.crypticide.com/users/alecm/
ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/libs/cracklib/

Also available by default in most Linux distros.

Regards,
Graham
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