/etc/login.defs v. /etc/pam.d


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    /etc/login.defs v. /etc/pam.d

    How can I tell with method of login I'm using?
    I'm trying to set a password minimum length to 8 but I can't get it to work.

    [root]cat /etc/login.defs | grep PASS_MIN_LEN | grep -v "#"
    PASS_MIN_LEN 8
    [root]cat /etc/pam.d/system-auth | grep minlen
    password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so minlen=8

    Neither of these seem to work. My shell is set to /bin/ksh.

    Any ideas???


    After I added the pam.d entry I get this when I try to change the password to a length of 6.
    $ passwd
    Changing password for user testme.
    Changing password for testme
    (current) UNIX password:
    New password:
    Retype new password:
    New UNIX password:
    Retype new UNIX password:
    passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

    And of course the new password is only 6 characters long.
    Last edited by miteycasey; 11-30-2004 at 12:56 PM.
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