The day Slackware meets PAM: Wed Feb 12 05:05:50 UTC 2020
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So really, no need to change anything from a user's perspective with PAM added? I'm trying to head off any "gotchas" once it gets merged out of testing.
So really, no need to change anything from a user's perspective with PAM added? I'm trying to head off any "gotchas" once it gets merged out of testing.
Probably, just likely Ubuntu or Fedora, in the future Slackware will not accept to set an user password as "password" or similar insecure ones.
Prepare yourself to memorize passwords containing: at least a letter in uppercase, one lowercase, a number, a symbol, and it should not be shorter than 6 characters. And to not be a dictionary word, of course.
Probably, just likely Ubuntu or Fedora, in the future Slackware will not accept to set an user password as "password" or similar insecure ones.
Prepare yourself to memorize passwords containing: at least a letter in uppercase, one lowercase, a number, a symbol, and it should not be shorter than 6 characters. And to not be a dictionary word, of course.
By default (and as mentioned in the ChangeLog), the packages in /testing do password quality testing similar to this.
Easily disabled in /etc/pam.d/system-auth if you find it annoying.
Cool...so is one prompted to change one's password if it doesn't pass the check when PAM is installed? (Out of curiosity, that is.)
I do not tested myself, but I do not think that PAM will automagically force you to change your password itself. Not sure if there exists even a plugin for this.
BUT, I am certainly that you will not be able to set an user password like "toor" or "johnny" using the "password" command or its GUI counterparts.
Last edited by LuckyCyborg; 02-12-2020 at 06:59 PM.
I do not tested myself, but I do not think that PAM automagically will force you to change your password itself. Not sure if there exists a plugin for.
BUT, I am certainly that you will not be able to set an user password like "toor" or "johnny" using the "password" command or its GUI counterparts.
That should be a default setting for anything with a password these days. From doing support for an academic department, it was amazing how many really bad passwords people had, plus they'd tell you them without prompting. In an email, no less.
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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg
I do not tested myself, but I do not think that PAM will automagically force you to change your password itself. Not sure if there exists even a plugin for this.
BUT, I am certainly that you will not be able to set an user password like "toor" or "johnny" using the "password" command or its GUI counterparts.
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