Setting Different Password Lengths

[Rick Stevens]

Stamper, Steve wrote:
> RH7.2:
> 
> I know I can edit /etc/login.defs and set the PASS_MIN_LEN, however it sets
> this requirement for ALL users.  I need to leave all our accounts at a
> length of 8 EXCEPT for one which must be set to 15 and set the password to
> non-expiring (internal political security issue.)
> 
> How do I do that?

I don't think that you can specify a different length for one person's
password from the one that's system wide.

And be careful...if you use DES passwords, only the first 8 characters
are significant anyway.  You must use KRB5 or another algorithm if you
want more than 8 characters.
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