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02-20-2004, 03:16 AM
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Registered: Dec 2003
Posts: 19
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How to set the password policy and lockout policy
I want to know the password policy and lockout policy,such as min length,complex requirement.lockout counter
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02-23-2004, 04:09 PM
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Moderator
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,417
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AFAIK it's /etc/login.defs which is deprecated on PAM enabled systems (/etc/pam.d).
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03-24-2010, 09:54 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Riyadh,KSA
Distribution: Redhat,Ubuntu,Solaris
Posts: 24
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Originally Posted by bin_shell
I want to know the password policy and lockout policy,such as min length,complex requirement.lockout counter
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you can use pam_passwdqc module in /etc/pam.d/system-auth file
for example :
password required pam_passwdqc.so min=disabled,12,8,6,5 max=40
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03-24-2010, 10:31 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Fargo, ND
Distribution: SuSE AMD64
Posts: 15,733
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For locking out users after a certain number of failures, look at pam_tally. Also look at man 8 faillog.
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03-24-2010, 03:30 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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smartyshan, please don't resurrect dead threads — help us keep LQSEC as zombie-free as possible.
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