Use something like this in /etc/pam.d/sys-auth: password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow remember=6 You will also need to touch /etc/security/opasswd in order for it to work. Jay Berryman, RHCT -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of zhicheng wang Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 04:32 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: linux passowrd re-use problem dear all as Linux does not have a facility to remember the old passwords for each user, how do i prevent users re-use their old passwd? is there any software to do this? or anything like pam can be configured to use some sort of db to do this? any suggestions are highly appreciated. thanks cheng ===== Best wishes Z C Wang ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
