Re: [LIG] Password checking system.

Thaths <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.india.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 9/4/05, Komal <[email protected]> wrote:
> What control password checks in the absence of cracklib? If I disable
> cracklib I am supposed to use any password that I want. But system refuses
> to take password less than five characters? I have changed /etc/login.defs
> but no help. I want to know password strength checking is part of shadow
> package or there is some other file which control password strength checking
> in the absence of cracklib?

Perhaps your system has pam set up. Check /etc/pam.d/passwd

Thaths
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