Re: overzealous PAM cracklib / passwd

[Allen Bolderoff <allen gist net au>]

> At 01:09 PM 2/24/00 , Romain Kang wrote:
> >How do we disable (or weaken) cracklib so that people can use silly
> >passwords?
> 
> I don't know and I think it's silly to do so....  A quick solution would be 
> to open a root window on console and let them file in and set silly 
> passwords as root.
> ---

Even Better Yet (tm):

edit the /etc/passwd file by hand (you wouldn't use shadow passwords because policy would prevent it) and make everyones password "" (ie: empty).

this way no-one even needs to have a "Silly Password" and can just log in without one.

<disclaimer>This is intended as a Joke, anyone getting offended/using this info deserves what comes to them by opening their network up to anyone and everyone.

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