Re: Password Difficulties In 9.1 Pro

From: kalev- (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 07:46:33 +0200

refv2@attbi.net wrote:

> Hello
>
> SUSE 9.1 Pro
> 2.6 GHZ Intel HT
> 1 Gig RAM
>
> Just installed 9.1 Pro.........all went great except assigning
> passwords. In previous versions I would assign a six character
> password for installation and afterward would go into Yast and change
> password length from a maximum of 8 characters to 12 and reassign the
> correct password I desire.
>
> All my passwords for the network are 11 characters long (network is 4
> computers at home).
>
> Changing Root's password to 11 characters works fine (I was asked to
> truncate to 8 characters but was given the option of keeping the
> password as I want it). But when I try to change any non-root users'
> password to 11 characters, I get an error message that says it's not
> allowed with the current encryption method being used and there is no
> ability to force the 11 character PW............I use the default DES
> encryption. The only other options are MD5 or Blowfish......when I
> try these, I can't control the length of the password.
>
> How do I change the system to accept an 11 character password for
> non-root users in SUSE 9.1 Pro
>
> Thanks For Your Input!! If further info is needed, I will provide.
>
> Later

This is a stab in the dark...but
Pasword-lengths and account "rules" are specified in:
/etc/login.defs
see also: man 5 login.defs
You'll probably want to make a backup of the file first - if you make any
changes.

See what you find.

jk 

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Suse Linux 9.1 | 2.6.4-54.5-smp | KDE 3.2.1

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