Thanks for the reply. Yes, I am trying to set a hard minimum password length and I can verify that as of today (running an up-to-date version of Hardy) setting the "min" option to 8 still allows me to create users with a password length of 6. This was the same behavior I saw on Gutsy as well.
Thank you for taking a look at this. Chris Bozic On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Have you read the pam_cracklib manpage? The 'minlen' option is > unfortunately named, because it is /not/ a minimum acceptable password > length, it's a minimum acceptable password *strength*. Because > pam_cracklib assigns "credits" for use of each character class, using a > mix of upper/lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols will cause > pam_cracklib to see the password as "longer" than it really is. > > If you are trying to set a hard minimum for password length, you can use > the 'min=N' option to pam_unix itself, with or without pam_cracklib. > > If this is not the problem you're having, then I'll have to take a > second look. Your usage looks correct, but I haven't yet tested here to > be sure it works the way I understand it's supposed to. > > ** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > -- > changes to /etc/pam.d/common-password with cracklib don't work > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139999 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- changes to /etc/pam.d/common-password with cracklib don't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139999 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
