If the error messages are due to the dictionary look-up, I managed to get around the dictionary look-up restrictions by generating an empty dictionary in place of the one pam uses. Hope that helps, ---d.dembrow Liew Toh Seng <tohseng@xxxxxxxx To: pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx my> cc: Sent by: Subject: password security pam-list-admin@re dhat.com 03/03/2004 03:00 AM Please respond to pam-list Hi can i know how to change the password security level to lower. currently, the system need to ket in Alpha Numeric in order to change password, if not will get error. i want to change it to lower so that it will take anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Best Regards Liew Toh Seng Icq No: >> 36835809 << MSN: >> tohseng@xxxxxxxxxxx << * .--. * |o_o | * |:_/ | * // * (| | ) * /'\_ _/` The Internet Solution Company * \___)=(___ My Directory Sdn Bhd _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list