Re: password policy

From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 01/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:44:54 GMT

Maverick wrote:
> Hi, i would like to know how to setup a default password policy on Red Hat
> 9, my objective is, when i create a new user or one of the users changes his
> password, the system should only accept a minimal of 10 characters on
> passwords...

This is how I do it.

Global password length.
http://12.219.169.125/dweb/linux/security/security.tips.html#Password%20Length

Users and root have different length passwords.
http://12.219.169.125/dweb/linux/security/security.tips.html#Different%20Length%20Passwords%20For%20Root%20&%20Users

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