On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:24 -0700, Aaron Mills wrote: > Hi all, > > I?m looking for some direction with regard to implementing password > policy in unix authentication. I followed the ppolicy instructions > here: > > http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:PAM > > In the UI, I?ve enabled password policy in the database, then on the > relevant subtree. I?ve enabled password aging, history, and > alphanumeric standards. But it looks like Fedora DS is still letting > me change my password to anything, and doesn?t maintain a history. > Clearly I?m missing something. I?ve checked out google and some of the > list history to no avail. Is there another doc I should take a look > at, or has anyone run into this? > > Thanks, > > -Aaron <snip> Hi, Aaron. I'm no expert on this and am struggling to figure it out myself however I did find I had to tweak the order of pam modules in Ubuntu. If I recall correctly, CentOS worked out of the box. I know that's not a clear answer but I hope it sparks you to find a solution. Please post your results as I'd like to know. Thanks - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation Street Preacher: Are you SAVED?????!!!!!! Educated Skeptic: Saved from WHAT?????!!!!!! Educated Believer: From our selfishness that hurts the ones we love and condemns us to an eternity of hurting each other. http://www.spiritualoutreach.com Christianity that makes sense
