| 1 |
antlists wrote: |
| 2 |
> On 21/07/2021 02:24, John Covici wrote: |
| 3 |
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:52:43 -0400, |
| 4 |
>> antlists wrote: |
| 5 |
>>> |
| 6 |
>>> On 20/07/2021 23:37, John Covici wrote: |
| 7 |
>>>> Hi. After a recent update, I discovered I could not log in as root on |
| 8 |
>>>> my local console. Soome software put lots of restrictions on how I |
| 9 |
>>>> could choose the password and I would like to losen or abolish those |
| 10 |
>>>> restrictions. This is only for local consoles, so its a bit |
| 11 |
>>>> rediculous anyway. |
| 12 |
>>>> |
| 13 |
>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
| 14 |
>>>> |
| 15 |
>>> /etc/security/passwdqc.conf ??? |
| 16 |
>>> |
| 17 |
>>> hth |
| 18 |
>>> |
| 19 |
>> |
| 20 |
>> Thanks, never messed with this before, I will see what I can see. |
| 21 |
>> |
| 22 |
> Nor had I until I built my new system. It seems the defaults have been |
| 23 |
> tightened up ... |
| 24 |
> |
| 25 |
> All very well, but the primary purpose of security on my machine is to |
| 26 |
> stop users trampling over other user's default setups :-) |
| 27 |
> |
| 28 |
> Cheers, |
| 29 |
> Wol |
| 30 |
> |
| 31 |
> |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
|
| 34 |
I wonder how many people change the defaults to a higher setting? I can |
| 35 |
see a multi-user system admin having reason to do so but wonder if |
| 36 |
others change it? After all, if there is only one person using a |
| 37 |
system, just come up with a good password. If it is a multi-user |
| 38 |
system, then a admin might need to force people to come up with a good |
| 39 |
password. |
| 40 |
|
| 41 |
I've never noticed these config files either. Now I'm curious. To be |
| 42 |
honest, my passwords kinda suck security wise. Well, my passwords for |
| 43 |
encrypted stuff is very strong but my user password may could be guessed |
| 44 |
easily. |
| 45 |
|
| 46 |
Dale |
| 47 |
|
| 48 |
:-) :-) |
Archives