Mailing List Archive: Remove restrictions on allowed passwords

The restrictions settings is located in /etc/pam.d ( "grep
pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/*" )
( http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml#doc_chap8 )

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:13:00 -0400, Arlo Clauser <aclauser@comcast.net> wrote:
> How can I remove (or change) the restrictions on what users can use as a
> password?
>
> Currently I get errors like:
>
> "BAD PASSWORD: is too similar to the old one"
>
> passwords are not secure, if they are so complicated that user find it
> necessary to write them on a yellow-sticky-note.
>
> I looked in /etc/security/, and searched the archives, but found nothing.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -Arlo-
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