[KLUG Members] Passwd help

[Adam Williams]

> GAAH... I am feeling blind.
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to change the password
> requirements for passwd. The Super Intendent of the schools is telling us
> to allow less secure passwords.

<RANT: Obligatory>
*LESS*?  Is the moron on crack?  Itching to get the system exploited or
eager to get sued when someone acquires personal information about
another user they aren't supposed to have access to?  That can get
*NASTY*. Has he talked to the lawyers about this?  Your going to say to
the auditor, "Yea, our security policies are a joke, but thats on
purpose."
</RANT>

> pert. information:
> Bridgman Public Schools

Public Schools & Lawsuits:  Like peanut butter & chocolate.

> redhat 8 [stock]
> shadow passwords
> samba passwords are /in-dependant/. Don't wory about samba.

You "want" to adjust the parameters to cracklib, probably in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth.

See - /usr/share/doc/cracklib-2.7/README &
/usr/share/doc/pam-0.75/txts/README.pam_cracklib

Your versions will probably be different.

But again, making *LESS* secure passwords is STUPID!