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From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] configurtion error
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:41:27
Message-Id: yu9ps7pvzy6.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] configurtion error by Richard Watson
1 At Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:13:12 +1000 Richard Watson <waty@×××××××××××.au> wrote:
2
3 > I've run etc-update after my last emerge --sync and world update but I
4 > still get "configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MIN_LEN' (notify
5 > administrator)" when I su or log in as Root. Anybody got any ideas on
6 > how I can fix this. Thanks, Richard
7
8 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131097
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10 The problem is in /etc/login.defs.
11 Here is a workaround
12
13 # AJG: Comment the following line.
14 # See bug 131097. I just added a new group and user, which triggers this.
15 # PASS_MIN_LEN 5
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17 As my comment says, it is triggered by using the gnome tool to add a
18 new user and group.
19
20 allan
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