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On 07/03/2012 01:36 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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On 07/03/2012 08:56 AM, Jeffrey Ross issued this missive::
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How do I relax the password requirements in Fedora?<br>
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I though adjusting /etc/pam.d/system-auth was were the
changed needed to<br>
be made, I made this change:<br>
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#password   requisite   pam_cracklib.so
try_first_pass retry=3 type=<br>
password   sufficient   pam_unix.so sha512 shadow
nullok try_first_pass<br>
#use_authtok<br>
password   required    pam_deny.so<br>
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but Fedora still seems to be strict on password
requirements. Â So either I<br>
attacked the wrong file or made the wrong changes.<br>
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Any pointers to where I should be making my changes?<br>
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You can remove pam_cracklib from the chain, change it to
"optional" or<br>
change its parameters. Check "man pam_cracklib" for how it
works and<br>
the parameters it accepts. Personally, I'd leave it
"requisite" and<br>
change its parameters to accommodate your relaxed
restrictions.<br>
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It may also be necessary to make an adjustment to the requirements
in /etc/login.def to relax it. That file controls things like
logging it and number of times you may enter it before it will not
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Thanks for the hints, turns out I had the settings correct but the
problem turned out to be elsewhere, I am/was using poppassd to allow
users to change their passwords via squirrelmail and poppassd was
not working properly. I handful of changes to poppassd and
everything is working as expected.<br>
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Thanks, Jeff<br>
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