Password authentication with PAM

2004-04-13 Thread JF T
> Because there is no reference to /etc/security/pam_pwcheck.conf, I would say > that fiddling with the cracklib settings is not going to help. It looks as > though the support is just not there in SLES7. > Either live with it the way it is, or build your own (newer) version of PAM > to run on th

Password authentication with PAM

2004-03-13 Thread JF T
SLES7 guest: brokers39008:/lib/security # strings pam_pwcheck.so | grep /etc CRACKLIB_DICTPATH is not set in /etc/login.defs 5@/etc/login.defs SLES8 guest: brokers39022:/lib/security # strings pam_pwcheck.so | grep /etc CRACKLIB_DICTPATH is not set in /etc/login.defs pam_pwcheck: CRACKLIB_DICTPA

Password authentication with PAM

2004-03-12 Thread JF T
Configuring PAM to remember the ten latest passwords used was a breeze on SLES8. You just add this entry to /etc/security/pam_pwcheck.conf: "password: nullok use_cracklib remember=10" and previously used passwords will be listed in /etc/security/opasswd. SLES-security-guide-EAL3.pdf (SLES S