Hello Newsgroup,

System is running Redhat 7.1. We have setup users accounts and when
the user's first logon, it will prompt them to re-enter a new
password, (i used the "chage" command.). Yet when enter a new
password, any password that is enter, it finds it invalid, it is
either too short, too simple and a whole lot other reasons. I've
tried passwords, which are complicated, acroymns for a sentences,
using upper and lower case with numeric and other characters involved.
The system still believes it to be too simple. I can use the passwd
command to specify a password and the verification process is
not as strict.

So basically how to we lessen the strictness of the verification when
the user logons.

Thanks and regards,

Mark.

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"Mark" <mark.calingao@geoffpenney.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hello Newsgroup,
>
> System is running Redhat 7.1. We have setup users accounts and when
> the user's first logon, it will prompt them to re-enter a new
> password, (i used the "chage" command.). Yet when enter a new
> password, any password that is enter, it finds it invalid, it is
> either too short, too simple and a whole lot other reasons. I've
> tried passwords, which are complicated, acroymns for a sentences,
> using upper and lower case with numeric and other characters involved.
> The system still believes it to be too simple. I can use the passwd
> command to specify a password and the verification process is
> not as strict.
>
> So basically how to we lessen the strictness of the verification when
> the user logons.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Mark.
>

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"Mark" <mark.calingao@geoffpenney.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hello Newsgroup,
>
> System is running Redhat 7.1. We have setup users accounts and when
> the user's first logon, it will prompt them to re-enter a new
> password, (i used the "chage" command.). Yet when enter a new
> password, any password that is enter, it finds it invalid, it is
> either too short, too simple and a whole lot other reasons. I've
> tried passwords, which are complicated, acroymns for a sentences,
> using upper and lower case with numeric and other characters involved.
> The system still believes it to be too simple. I can use the passwd
> command to specify a password and the verification process is
> not as strict.
>
> So basically how to we lessen the strictness of the verification when
> the user logons.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Mark.
>

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Mark wrote:
> Hello Newsgroup,
>
> System is running Redhat 7.1. We have setup users accounts and when
> the user's first logon, it will prompt them to re-enter a new
> password, (i used the "chage" command.). Yet when enter a new
> password, any password that is enter, it finds it invalid, it is
> either too short, too simple and a whole lot other reasons. I've
> tried passwords, which are complicated, acroymns for a sentences,
> using upper and lower case with numeric and other characters involved.
> The system still believes it to be too simple. I can use the passwd
> command to specify a password and the verification process is
> not as strict.
>
> So basically how to we lessen the strictness of the verification when
> the user logons.

man passwd.
But in general, it is a bad idea to ease the requirements. Easy passwords
make it easy for crackers to guess.

-Joe

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Mark wrote:
> Hello Newsgroup,
>
> System is running Redhat 7.1. We have setup users accounts and when
> the user's first logon, it will prompt them to re-enter a new
> password, (i used the "chage" command.). Yet when enter a new
> password, any password that is enter, it finds it invalid, it is
> either too short, too simple and a whole lot other reasons. I've
> tried passwords, which are complicated, acroymns for a sentences,
> using upper and lower case with numeric and other characters involved.
> The system still believes it to be too simple. I can use the passwd
> command to specify a password and the verification process is
> not as strict.
>
> So basically how to we lessen the strictness of the verification when
> the user logons.

man passwd.
But in general, it is a bad idea to ease the requirements. Easy passwords
make it easy for crackers to guess.

-Joe

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