check out the man page for pam_cracklib Cheers, Harry On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 12:46 -0400, Chet Nichols III wrote: > The useradd command will let you tune password expiration times per user.. > but for creating complex passwords, you could always create your own > modified passwd tool that users have to use to enforce your complexity. > As for having the last 4 passwords not used, I'd probably end up creating a > database of some sort that my custom passwd tool would tap into. > > There are probably solutions/built-in's already that take care of this, but > that'd be my first thought (I usually think about what I'd do before > searching for already existing solutions). > > I'm interested to hear what other people use/would use to handle this :D > > Chet > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:19 PM, karthik keyan <karthik_arnold1@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > I would like to setup passwd complexity on our Linux servers . > > > > Min 8 characters - 1 upper , 1 digit and 1 Lower character > > > > Last used 4 passwords should not be used > > > > And also i want to set Passwd expiry for user accounts which are already > > created and These passwd complexity should apply to users which has alreay > > been created . > > > > I Need your valuable help and advice > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Karthik > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > chet nichols III > chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx > aim: chet / twitter: chet > http://chetnichols.org > ---------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list