> On 4/4/06, Brad Johnson <bjohnson independence k12 ia us> wrote: > Fedora > requires them to create a strong password. Is there any way I > can > avoid the strong password, and allow them to choose whatever > they want? This can be set through pam. I don't have an FC4 box around right now but here are the generic instructions: First look in /etc/pam.d/passwd If you see a line about cracklib then this is the file you need to edit. If not you probably see lines that have pam_stack system-auth or include system-auth or similar. If that is true then you need to edit /etc/pam.d/system-auth. There should be a line about cracklib in there. You can add arguments to the line that enable less secure passwords. The two documentation files you'll want to look at are /usr/share/doc/pam-VERSION/txts/README.pam_cracklib (which has a short description of every pam_cracklib option) and /usr/share/doc/pam-VERSION/txts/pam.txt (which has some useful examples. Search within the file for cracklib and you'll find them.) Whenever editing pam files be careful. Pam is a modular system for authentication. If you make a mistake you could find yourself unable to login/su/etc. At minimum, you'll want to 1) make a copy of the files you plan on editing so you can quickly restore them. 2) stay logged in as root on a terminal until you have verified that you can go to a different terminal and login as yourself and su to root. -Toshio
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