Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 23:16:24 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Omer Faruk Sen <omerfsen@gmail.com> Subject: Re: minpasswordlen and login.conf not working on 6 or 7 series Message-ID: <200805072316.26068.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <75a268720805071400o2eb75c54y77c11790407cf045@mail.gmail.com> References: <75a268720805071400o2eb75c54y77c11790407cf045@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 07 May 2008 23:00:04 Omer Faruk Sen wrote:
> 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:
> Am I missing something here? Or this may be a bug on FreeBSD 6.X and 7.X
You didn't read the login.conf manpage:
The minpasswordlen and minpasswordcase facilities for enforcing restric-
tions on password quality, which used to be supported by login.conf, have
been superseded by the pam_passwdqc(8) PAM module.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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