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06-07-2006, 04:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 23
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Problem with changed password
I have had blag 3002 Uses fedora core 3 so it should be the same ...... anyway I have had my password for a while now and sudernly it changed to a four charictar unknown password nataly i loged in as root and changed but to no avail it still is a 4 chatctar unknown ive done passwd oliver comand and tryed to change it there but still it uses this four charictar unknown ive alsow delited my login re did my login and delited my group but still it persists and when I set it to four charictar password it sead set it to six!?
summary
Im stuffed without my usr login and im doing this from root
plz help Oliver
 
Last edited by Blag!; 06-07-2006 at 05:06 PM.
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06-07-2006, 04:55 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Maine, USA
Distribution: OpenSUSE, Gentoo, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, others
Posts: 413
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It sounds like your system may be forcing passwords to 4 characters only. Try logging in with the first four letters of your password and see what happens.
Sorry if this isn't the case, but it's worth a try.
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06-07-2006, 05:05 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 23
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Help still
no,
that didnt work any othr ideas guys plz help
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06-07-2006, 06:15 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Fargo, ND
Distribution: SuSE AMD64
Posts: 15,733
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Check /etc/security/pam_pwcheck.
Look for a
password: maxlength=4
entry.
And by the way, this site has a spell checker.
17 mispellings on the first message make it hard to read.
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06-08-2006, 06:02 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 23
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sorry about the spellings any other sujestions please plaese please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by Blag!; 06-08-2006 at 11:33 AM.
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06-08-2006, 02:31 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Security and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.
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06-08-2006, 02:44 PM
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Moderator
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,415
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sorry about the spellings any other sujestions please plaese please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now take a deep breath. Relax. Your fellow LQ members noticed your thread.
Do not attempt to bump your thread again without trying to answer the questions that where put to you.
And yah, use the spellchecker. Even in your reply you made errors, making your apologies appear rather shallow. If you persist you risk everyone avoiding your cries for help in favour of something more pleasing to read or rewarding with respect to interaction.
Last edited by unSpawn; 06-08-2006 at 02:50 PM.
Reason: //--force
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06-09-2006, 03:10 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2006
Posts: 23
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Sory
sorry I will try and be more friendly just i really need some ansaws
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06-09-2006, 03:45 PM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London, UK
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,464
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I don't know how to solve your problem, but have you tried what others have suggested? People are gonna give up trying to help you if you don't try their suggestions!
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06-09-2006, 06:47 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Nebraska
Distribution: RHEL 5.4/Fedora 12
Posts: 39
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Irrelevant post, my apologies.
Last edited by T1ckT0ck; 06-21-2006 at 11:28 AM.
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06-11-2006, 07:18 PM
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Moderator
Registered: May 2001
Posts: 29,415
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@T1ckT0ck: please don't just echo what others have said already if you have nothing to add.
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