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On 21/07/2021 02:24, John Covici wrote: |
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> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:52:43 -0400, |
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> antlists wrote: |
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>> On 20/07/2021 23:37, John Covici wrote: |
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>>> Hi. After a recent update, I discovered I could not log in as root on |
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>>> my local console. Soome software put lots of restrictions on how I |
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>>> could choose the password and I would like to losen or abolish those |
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>>> restrictions. This is only for local consoles, so its a bit |
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>>> rediculous anyway. |
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>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
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>>> |
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>> /etc/security/passwdqc.conf ??? |
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>> hth |
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> Thanks, never messed with this before, I will see what I can see. |
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Nor had I until I built my new system. It seems the defaults have been |
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tightened up ... |
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All very well, but the primary purpose of security on my machine is to |
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stop users trampling over other user's default setups :-) |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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