how to change the existing password settings on FC3

[Tim]

On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 12:01 +0530, Ankush Grover wrote:
> I can change the minimum password length from 5 to 10 characters or
> may be to 8 characters by editing the file /etc/login.defs but this
> setting will only work for the new users not for the existing users.
> How do I change the password settings for the existing users and how
> to enforce the minimum 1 aplhanumeric & 1 upper case character in the
> password and the password should not contain the first or middle or
> last name of the user ?

Set an expiry period on the existing passwords, forcing users to change
them.  Then they should have to set them according to your new rules.

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