Re: passwd prompts for new password only once when <enter> is pressed
- From: Chris Davies <chris-usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:08:46 +0100
wong_powah@xxxxxxxx wrote:
When I just press the "enter" key when passwd prompts for new
password, I should get re-prompted 3 times. Instead, it reprompts only
once for FC 6.
How to change passwd's behavior so that it will re-prompt 3 times?
Passwd assumes that if you're changing a password as root then you
really know what you're doing. For all other users it will continue to
insist for a valid password.
Chris
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