On Tuesday 12 July 2016 18:14:04 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > This is different from what you originally said. By all means discuss > > this general problem with the developers - but please don't single ssh > > out and mess it up for a good many of the rest of us. > > I think we're miscommunicating: I specifically don't want to single-out > SSH but instead I want to single out GDM. And I think this should be > done in PAM.
Yes, we are miscommunicating, and I'll go along with that. > > > But why do you need weak passwords? I think we may have an x-y problem > > here, and weak passwords may not be the only/optimum solution to the > > problem you are trying to solve by having them. Weak passwords are a bad > > idea per se. > > Quite likely. I only pointed out this need of mine as being related to > the OP's request. > > Here are some uses of weak passwords in GDM I can remember offhand: > - For accounts of people unable to remember a more complex password. > - For guest accounts > - For mere convenience (when I'm in front of my desktop at home, it's > handy not to have to type my full password, under the assumption that > physical access to the machine means that a strong password wouldn't > make much difference (as long as the disk isn't encrypted, say)). My solution to that is physical access to the computer, actually sitting in front of it - login without a password. ALL external access, even from the neighbouring computer, use a strong password in case someone breaks into your network from outside. Lisi
