Re: [gentoo-user] forcing Gentoo to accept simple password

On 2/7/21 2:58 AM, David Haller wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 06 Feb 2021, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>> What changing one need to make to force gentoo log-in to accept
>> simple password. The system is not a high security risk so I have no
>> need for a sophisticated password.
>
>> I think it has to do something with file: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
> [..]
>> password        required        pam_passwdqc.so config=/etc/security/passwdqc.conf
>
> Uninstall sys-auth/passwdqc... From it's manpage:
>
> ====
> DESCRIPTION
>      The pam_passwdqc module is a simple password strength checking
>      module for PAM.
> ====
>
> You need to remove the 'passwdqc' USE flag from sys-auth/pambase, else
> it'll get pulled in again.
>
> HTH,
> -dnh

Thank you, that worked!
unmerging "sys-auth/passwdqc" and compile "sys-auth/pambase" without "passwdqc"  solved the problem