On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 06:57 am, Ashley Gould wrote:
The managers are discussing password requirements. One desire is to disallow previously used passwords with memory of up to ten passwords used. Is there a sweet and simple way to implement this in SLES9/10? I don't see a pam module with this facility.
At work they change passwords every 3 months with 8 previous passwords remembered. This guarantees that everyone's password ends in a digit. Setting more than 9 will ensure 2 digits... ;^) -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.