[Fedora-directory-users] password policy help

[Aaron Mills]

Hi John,

Oddly enough, I¹m using CentOS, but it doesn¹t work.  I believe it¹s
something in my DS config, but I can¹t seem to figure out what.  Any other
places to look?

-Aaron


On 2/21/09 8:23 AM, "John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan at opensourcedevel.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:24 -0700, Aaron Mills wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I¹m looking for some direction with regard to implementing password
>> > policy in unix authentication. I followed the ppolicy instructions
>> > here:
>> >
>> > http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:PAM
>> >
>> > In the UI, I¹ve enabled password policy in the database, then on the
>> > relevant subtree. I¹ve enabled password aging, history, and
>> > alphanumeric standards. But it looks like Fedora DS is still letting
>> > me change my password to anything, and doesn¹t maintain a history.
>> > Clearly I¹m missing something. I¹ve checked out google and some of the
>> > list history to no avail. Is there another doc I should take a look
>> > at, or has anyone run into this?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >     -Aaron
> <snip>
> Hi, Aaron.  I'm no expert on this and am struggling to figure it out
> myself however I did find I had to tweak the order of pam modules in
> Ubuntu.  If I recall correctly, CentOS worked out of the box.  I know
> that's not a clear answer but I hope it sparks you to find a solution.
> Please post your results as I'd like to know.  Thanks - John
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