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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users password verification verify password of a user for only first 8 characters Post 302249518 by nitin on Tuesday 21st of October 2008 01:41:33 PM
Old 10-21-2008
I think I'm pretty sure that you can set the password limit here, in your /etc/pam.d/login file (you will have to add this line below):

Code:
 password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8

You can change max value to whatever you want. Going through man pages, max is not documented, but the functionality is there. Also, before any changes make sure you backup your files.

-Nitin Smilie
 

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PAM_KSU(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						PAM_KSU(8)

NAME
pam_ksu -- Kerberos 5 SU PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_ksu [options] DESCRIPTION
The Kerberos 5 SU authentication service module for PAM provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the ``auth'' feature. The module is specifically designed to be used with the su(1) utility. Kerberos 5 SU Authentication Module The Kerberos 5 SU authentication component provides functions to verify the identity of a user (pam_sm_authenticate()), and determine whether or not the user is authorized to obtain the privileges of the target account. If the target account is ``root'', then the Kerberos 5 princi- pal used for authentication and authorization will be the ``root'' instance of the current user, e.g. ``user/root@REAL.M''. Otherwise, the principal will simply be the current user's default principal, e.g. ``user@REAL.M''. The user is prompted for a password if necessary. Authorization is performed by comparing the Kerberos 5 principal with those listed in the .k5login file in the target account's home directory (e.g. /root/.k5login for root). The following options may be passed to the authentication module: debug syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level. use_first_pass If the authentication module is not the first in the stack, and a previous module obtained the user's password, that password is used to authenticate the user. If this fails, the authentication module returns failure without prompting the user for a password. This option has no effect if the authentication module is the first in the stack, or if no previous modules obtained the user's password. try_first_pass This option is similar to the use_first_pass option, except that if the previously obtained password fails, the user is prompted for another password. SEE ALSO
su(1), syslog(3), pam.conf(5), pam(8) BSD
May 15, 2002 BSD
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