user passwd

man passwd:

o Each password must have PASSLENGTH characters, where

PASSLENGTH is defined in /etc/default/passwd and is set

to 6. Setting PASSLENGTH to more than eight characters

requires configuring policy.conf(4) with an algorithm

that supports greater than eight characters.

o Each password must meet the configured complexity con-

straints specified in /etc/default/passwd.

o Each password must not be a member of the configured

dictionary as specified in /etc/default/passwd.

o For accounts in name services which support password

history checking, if prior password history is defined,

new passwords must not be contained in the prior pass-

word history.

If you're using defaults, then 6 is the maximum number of characters. Also:

MINNONALPHAMinimum number of non-alpha (including

numeric and special) required. If MIN-

NONALPHA is not set, the default is 1.

You cannot specify MINNONALPHA if MINDI-

GIT or MINSPECIAL is also specified.

count it out.

alan

alan.paea at 2007-7-12 19:49:17 >