On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 06:19:24AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:07:11AM -0500, Rick Goyette wrote: > > Is there a pam module available that can enforce password > > requirements when a user changes their password? That is to say, > > require that a new password contain special characters and digits, as > > well as upper and lower case letters? > > try reading the pam docs, its called pam_cracklib. it has a tendency > to be overzealous if you don't tweak it just right though (even even > then too...) So drop it and use pam_passwdqc (http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/). ;-) pam_cracklib really can't be made to handle passphrases reasonably. -- /sd
