login.conf issue
Michael Carlson
carlson39 at llnl.gov
Thu Jul 24 08:45:42 PDT 2003
I am using login.conf to set a minimul password length in the default class
and root class, after adding :minpasswordlen=8: to default and
:minpasswordlen=11: to root and then running
$ cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
I can still use a password of 1 character. This is on FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE
i386. I have tried this on a 4.8 system and this works fine, did I miss
something in the release notes?
Below are the steps I took for 5.1
$ vim /etc/login.conf
default:\
:passwd_format=md5:\
:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
:welcome=/etc/motd:\
:setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\
:path=/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin
/usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin ~/bin:\
:nologin=/var/run/nologin:\
:cputime=unlimited:\
:datasize=unlimited:\
:stacksize=unlimited:\
:memorylocked=unlimited:\
:memoryuse=unlimited:\
:filesize=unlimited:\
:coredumpsize=unlimited:\
:openfiles=unlimited:\
:maxproc=unlimited:\
:sbsize=unlimited:\
:vmemoryuse=unlimited:\
:priority=0:\
:ignoretime@:\
:umask=022:\
:minpasswordlen=8:
root:\
:ignorenologin:\
:minpasswordlen=8:\
:tc=default:
$ cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
$ passwd -l test
Changing local password for test.
New password: a
Retype new password: a
passwd: updating the database...
passwd: done
$
On 4.8, edits to login.conf are the same, and I get this for passwd:
$ passwd -l test
Changing local password for mcarlson.
New password: a
Please enter a password at least 8 characters in length
New password: ^c
Password unchanged.
passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
$
Thanks
Mike Carlson
carlson39 at llnl.gov
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