How to change password policies in Redhat 7.0

[CthulhuDragon]

I am somewhat new to Linux, and am using Redhat 7.0. I would like to relax the policies for passwords. e.g. I don't want the BAD PASSWORD: Based on Dictionary word or BAD PASSWORD: It is too short, errors. I cant seem to find the place to do this. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cthulhu Dragon

[Wonock]

I think in Red Hat thats under linuxconf. Just open it up in X or run it in a terminal. There will be lots of stuff there, but it should be there :-P.

Wonock

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[KeeperChris]

As an aside to that, you can ignore the "bad password" warning when setting a user password. Although my root password is long, secure and bizarre (which is probably why I never log on as root!) my user password is very short and simple, so I can actually log in at seven in the morning...

Sure it'll ***** at you (BAD PASSWORD!!BAD,BAD,BAD!!!), but it will also accept it.

KeeperChris


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[CthulhuDragon]

linuxconf does have these options, but under redhat 7.0 they don't actually do anything. Even the linuxconf help file says that it will not work on pam aware systems such as redhat. I have been attempting to wade through the help files ti find the answer, but have been unsuccessful. While I can set passwords through linuxconf, I would like other users to be able to set their passwords with passwd, without having to have a convoluted password.
Cthulhu Dragon

[This message has been edited by CthulhuDragon (edited 11 November 2000).]

[klamath]

In Debian 2.2, you should edit the file: /etc/pam.d/passwd . I have no idea whether this applies to Redhat, but it's probably something similar. There's also some similar settings in /etc/login.defs.

And guys, suggesting 'use Linuxconf' isn't very helpful, IMHO.

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[CthulhuDragon]

That looks like the right place. Any tips on what I need to change it to? Or what they do?
Thanks,
Cthulhu Dragon