Like he said...as root, change the user's password via "passwd user"
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, pilip wrote: > it's not on a networked environment sir, i know this is possible in > linux (to use single character passwords) i just need to know how to do it. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:53:47AM +0800, pilip wrote: > > > >>how do you allow the use of short passwords in linux? short passwords as > >>in single character passwords. I've tried making changes to > >>'/etc/login.defs' and to the pam config '/etc/pam.d/system-auth' to no > >>avail. > > > > > > Hi Pilip. root can set a user's passwd to anything you want, but...... > > > > DON'T DO IT !! > > > > Passwords this short are just a waste of the user's time at login. If you are > > going to have them that short you might as well not have any at all. > > > > Cracking 1 letter passwords is so easy it can be done by hand from the > > keyboard. Using any one of the many crack tools available would make > > it practically instantaneous. > > > > > > The man page for passwd will give you all the details. > > > > passwd [-k] [-l] [-u [-f]] [-d] [-S] [username] > > > > > > > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
