[K12OSN] Need to lower password complexity

[Jim Anderson]

I'll give this a try to see how it works out with this population.  I
tried variation on sinle words (using numbers and special characters)
but the new password always failed to pass muster. I think the users
should be able to handle what you suggest.

Jim

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 11:08 -0500, Petre Scheie 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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