[K12OSN] Need to lower password complexity

[Peter Hartmann]

webmin let's you make passwords with no minimum lenght.  I like to
make the second graders passwords a bit easier.

Peter

On 9/14/06, Petre Scheie <petre at maltzen.net> wrote:
> Loosen them up how?  Make them shorter?  Actually, they don't need to be very complex.
> I've had good luck telling people to just put three words together, perhaps throw in a
> number, like so:
>
> dogcatgoat
> happy2day
> king4aday
>
> If they are too young to handle passwords like this--which seems doubtful if they're
> using the passwd command--then consider using a kiosk setup and do away with logins all
> together.
>
> Minimum password length is set in /etc/login.defs in the PASS_MIN_LEN key.  The default
> is five characters.  But if you change this to a lesser number, I would argue you're
> asking for trouble, as short passwords can be easy to crack.
>
> Petre
>
>
> Jim Anderson wrote:
> > I would like to be able to lower password complexity when a user is
> > using passwd to change their password.  The password change restrictions
> > are too high for the population I'm working with.  Apparently when using
> > passwd a new password has to be very complex.  I need to loosen up the
> > complexity requirements but I don't know how.
>
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