F16 - Password requirements

[Rick Stevens]

On 07/03/2012 08:56 AM, Jeffrey Ross issued this missive::
> How do I relax the password requirements in Fedora?
>
> I though adjusting /etc/pam.d/system-auth was were the changed needed to
> be made, I made this change:
>
> #password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3 type=
> password    sufficient    pam_unix.so sha512 shadow nullok try_first_pass
> #use_authtok
> password    required      pam_deny.so
>
> but Fedora still seems to be strict on password requirements.  So either I
> attacked the wrong file or made the wrong changes.
>
> Any pointers to where I should be making my changes?

You can remove pam_cracklib from the chain, change it to "optional" or
change its parameters. Check "man pam_cracklib" for how it works and
the parameters it accepts. Personally, I'd leave it "requisite" and
change its parameters to accommodate your relaxed restrictions.
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