secure passwords HELP!!!

mlu · 04-28-2005, 06:33 AM

i'm using fedora core3 & RHEL AS 4.0, when a useraccount is been created by root, then when the user logs in, the user can type passwd and change his own password,
it'll will be asking to give a good password, as a good password if i give num lock off 123456 it'll accept it as a good password scince it's accept the ASCII values(i think)
cant we channge that where a user must give a complex password that is a combination of numerics, special characters & alphabatic characters PLS HELP!!!

acid_kewpie · 04-28-2005, 08:04 AM

you may want to look at adding pam modules to enforce better passwords. here's a doc discussing it and passwords in general:

http://squidward.mit.edu/rhel-doc/RH...tion-pass.html

apsivam · 04-28-2005, 08:10 AM

pam_cracklib is what you need visit the following like for more info on how to use it.

http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/sysadmin/pam_cracklib.html