[rhelv6-list] Password security / check / complexity

[Moritz Baumann]

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