Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:04 +0300 From: "Omer Faruk Sen" <omerfsen@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: minpasswordlen and login.conf not working on 6 or 7 series Message-ID: <75a268720805071400o2eb75c54y77c11790407cf045@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
I wanted to set the minimum length of passwords of my users so I
have done the followings in login.conf
1) added :minpasswordlen=5:\ to default like:
default:\
:passwd_format=md5:\
:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
:welcome=/etc/motd:\
:setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\
:path=/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/loca
l/bin ~/bin:\
:nologin=/var/run/nologin:\
:cputime=unlimited:\
:datasize=unlimited:\
:stacksize=unlimited:\
:memorylocked=unlimited:\
:memoryuse=unlimited:\
:filesize=unlimited:\
:coredumpsize=unlimited:\
:openfiles=unlimited:\
:minpasswordlen=5:\
:maxproc=unlimited:\
:sbsize=unlimited:\
:vmemoryuse=unlimited:\
2) Have run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
After that still the users can change their passwords to less than 5
characters and no warning are shown to the user . I have tested this
at FreeBSD 6.2, FreeBSD 6.3 and even on FreeBSD 7.0 it doesn't work
But I have found a FreeBSD 4.11 and followed the same steps and I got
following on passwd command:
ns1~# passwd xxxxx
Changing local password for xxxxx.
New password:
Please enter a password at least 5 characters in length.
New password:
Password unchanged.
Am I missing something here? Or this may be a bug on FreeBSD 6.X and 7.X
Regards.
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