Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 09:46:32 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to require minium length passwords Message-ID: <44y7x682br.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4464FE0B.4050509@calarts.edu> (Sean Murphy's message of "Fri, 12 May 2006 14:28:43 -0700") References: <4464FE0B.4050509@calarts.edu>
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Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> writes: > I am trying to require users to put in 8 character passwords but as it > stands it will take 1 just fine. I Tried messing with the login.conf > file but it still looks like it accepts 1 character as an acceptable > password. here is what i did. Also will this restrict other programs > to the set minimum or can they just set the password to what there > parameters dictate? such as usermin password change util. I think the normal way to enforce that is via PAM. I don't use it myself, but I think pam_passwdqc(8) is what you need.
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