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I'm running on a Sarge laptop. The default length of my passwords is 8 characters, well I'want more. So here' what I do: corky:~# dpkg-reconfigure passwd Password setup - -------------- Shadow passwords make your system more secure because nobody is able to view even encrypted passwords. Passwordsare stored in a separate file that can only be read by special programs. We recommend the use of shadow passwords. However, if you're going to use NIS you could run into trouble. :-) Shall I enable shadow passwords? yes corky:~# And thats it no length question, then: corky:~# dpkg-reconfigure debconf Configuring debconf - ------------------- Packages that use debconf for configuration share a common look and feel. You can select the type of user interface they use. The dialog frontend is a full-screen, character based interface, while the readline frontend uses a more traditional plain text interface, and the gnome frontend is a modern X interface. The editor frontend lets you configure things using your favorite text editor. The noninteractive frontend never asks you any questions. 1. Dialog 2. Readline 3. Gnome 4. Editor 5. Noninteractive :-) What interface should be used for configuring packages? 2 Debconf prioritizes the questions it asks you. Pick the lowest priority of question you want to see: - 'critical' only prompts you if the system might break. Pick it if you are a newbie, or in a hurry. - 'high' is for rather important questions - 'medium' is for normal questions - 'low' is for control freaks who want to see everything Note that no matter what level you pick here, you will be able to see every question if you reconfigure a package with dpkg-reconfigure. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <--- Uhh?? 1. critical 2. high 3. medium 4. low :-) See only questions that are of what priority and higher? 4 corky:~# If I run the dpkg-reconfigure passwd again, I get the same results as before. Maybe I'm reconfiguring the wrong package? Maybe I don't understand the priority thingy? Whats going on? Thanks Hugo - -- Ing. Hugo S. Carrer Laboratorio de Comunicaciones Digitales UNC Tel./Fax: +54 351-4334147 Int.105 http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu - ------ Gpg key: http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu/pubkeys/hsc_key.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/8H8kQs83SACVjQQRAuemAKCK3jg6qPQkbThAk4yf5ZDdpBoxHQCeMURE TUYavpQC+i+CxqQGq9hT4Ik= =A0Dc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
