how to change the existing password settings on FC3

[Ankush Grover]

On 4/30/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 12:01 +0530, Ankush Grover wrote:
> > I can change the minimum password length from 5 to 10 characters or
> > may be to 8 characters by editing the file /etc/login.defs but this
> > setting will only work for the new users not for the existing users.
> > How do I change the password settings for the existing users and how
> > to enforce the minimum 1 aplhanumeric & 1 upper case character in the
> > password and the password should not contain the first or middle or
> > last name of the user ?
>
> Set an expiry period on the existing passwords, forcing users to change
> them.  Then they should have to set them according to your new rules.
>
> okay that means whatever changes i will make in /etc/login.defs after the
> expiry of the password those changes will be reflected.


But how do I define complex password security that is forcing users to give
atleast 1 alphanumeric character, atleast 1 upper case character and there
should not be any first or middle or last name in the password.

Thanks & Regards

Ankush Grover
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