Hans Fangohr wrote:

Hi,

how can I use passwords longer than 8 characters in SuSE 7.1 ?

I suppose I have to use some md5 module, but I don't know how.

Thanks in advance,

hi, In yast, you have system admin -> security config ->/etc/login.defs from there you can modify your password max length.... and mion length too... Stephane

On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:54:58AM +0100, Hans Fangohr wrote:

Hi,

how can I use passwords longer than 8 characters in SuSE 7.1 ?

I suppose I have to use some md5 module, but I don't know how.

To use md5, it's a pam thing, you have to modify all files in /etc/pam.d/ that have the line containing pwcheck, which I think should only include: chfn chsh login passwd other sshd. All you have to do is add md5 to the pwcheck line and the line below as well: these are what I changed and now my system uses md5 passwords just fine: Output from grep md5 /etc/pam.d/* chfn:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok md5 chfn:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 use_first_pass use_authtok chsh:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok md5 chsh:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 use_first_pass use_authtok login:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok md5 login:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 use_first_pass use_authtok other:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so md5 use_cracklib other:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so md5 use_first_pass use_authtok passwd:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok md5 passwd:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok md5 use_first_pass use_authtok sshd:password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so md5 sshd:password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so md5 use_first_pass use_authtok -- - Phillip Beal - Electrical and Computer Engineering -