Hello, On Sat, 06 Feb 2021, the...@sys-concept.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 -- Linux is not a desktop OS for people whose VCRs are still flashing "12:00". -- Paul Tomblin