Hi,

I am a beginner in Linux environment, Could you please tell me, Which pam module I need to install for complex password setting. Where I will go to apply complex setting.

Please see the server detail in below :-

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
VERSION = 9
PATCHLEVEL = 4

Below is the /etc/pam.d files detail :-

dbadmin@trwpqad326:/etc/pam.d> ls -ltr
total 76
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 2009-10-08 19:09 samba
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64 2009-12-01 20:28 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 2011-07-29 22:02 useradd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 209 2011-07-29 22:02 shadow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 214 2011-07-29 22:02 chage
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 527 2011-09-01 13:10 vsftpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217 2011-09-01 13:10 sudo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 360 2011-09-01 13:10 su
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 258 2011-09-01 13:10 rpasswd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 2011-09-01 13:10 passwd.nxdrv.090811154500
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 467 2011-09-01 13:10 other
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 252 2011-09-01 13:10 chsh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 253 2011-09-01 13:10 chfn
-rw------- 1 root root 489 2013-05-25 10:37 sshd25052013
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 435 2013-06-07 13:38 login-2013-06-07
-rw------- 1 root root 592 2013-06-07 13:38 sshd-2013-06-07
-rw------- 1 root root 591 2013-06-14 19:54 sshd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 533 2014-06-13 17:35 login
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 373 2014-06-13 18:12 passwd

A few things:

• Read the LQ Rules.
• This thread had been closed for EIGHT YEARS...do not reopen old threads, unless you have something to contribute to the original question or conversation.
• Do not hijack threads with your own questions
• Open your own thread for your own question; no one is going to see your question in an eight-year old thread

SuSE Enterprise 9 is ANCIENT, and has been end-of-life/unsupported for some time now. The last time it was even patched was seven years ago. Load the latest version of SLES if you're going to use it. Also, if you're using SLES, that means you are paying for support from SuSE...have you contacted them for help??

And a VERY brief Google search turns up this:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7008156

...on the SuSE website, which tells you exactly how to do what you're after. Researching on your own is a good thing to do.

Looks like he searched for the right place to put the question, put it in a relevant thread where no answer was given, and renewed the discussion for anyone that still has to deal with Suse 9 while keeping the information and discussion in one place.

I'd say he did very well for a first time poster. More effort than most put into it eh?

Also, there is no rule regarding reviving necro posts, and its hardly highjacking a thread when its 8 years old. I mean, I dont think it is -- perhaps thats just a subjective defenition? Unsure.

Le questione se, is the "necro" thread directly relevant to the reviver's particular situation? If so, it might be appropriate. But one of the reasons for not opening the cemetery is that the information in an old thread probably is no longer relevant, and it's very confusing to be presented with something that's just no longer relevant. You might easily fail to notice that the thread is eight years old.

I prefer to see people open a new thread, perhaps with a link to other thread-URLs that they have also considered in their search for an answer. "Here's my question, and I was looking at this, or that, and it didn't seem to help ..."

Hi All,

Thanks for your reply. I will take care for next time.

I won't send any query on old posts.

@TBone :- Special thanks for your to provide immediate solution. I will read the LQ rules for better understanding.

Regards
Jatinder Kumar

Moved related posts to a new thread. I agree that posting to a necro thread without contributing is a violation of the LQ Rules ;