[rhelv6-list] Password security / check / complexity
Moritz Baumann
moritz.baumann at inf.ethz.ch
Mon Jul 11 09:10:21 UTC 2011
Hi Götz,
On 07/11/2011 10:58 AM, Götz Reinicke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> recently a user asked me, why he can't change his passwort; he always get:
>
> BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
>
> The password is 'klonk0AK'
>
> :-) Now I was searching fro a way to see why this is a dictionary word
> and how I can set the compexity / length etc of a password.
>
> I bet it is something with pam :-)
>
> We use Redhat EL 5.x
in /etc/pam.d/system-auth you will have a line
password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
man pam_cracklib will tell you how to change the required complexity.
Best,
Moritz
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