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):
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.
more -ever It accept more than 12 character password but when it validates only first 8 character password. I mean suppose I give new password more than 12 character and log off . when I login again and give only first 8 character then also it accept. it means it verify only first 8 character.
so workaround near validation .
Amit,
Can you check to make sure you are using MD5? You can find out if you are using MD5 cipher by looking at the encoded password string in your /etc/shadow file. If it starts with $1$ and is 34 characters long, then it is an MD5-based format. DES format is shorter, it is only 13 characters long. MD5 is default, but may have been changed during install etc.
Also, are these users being authenticated locally or by LDAP? If it's LDAP, then you will have to talk to your LDAP admin.
I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)
I am using the below to random generate a password but I need to have 2 numeric characters and 6 alphabetic chars
head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 8 ; echo ''
6USUvqRB
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I'm writing a script that has the need to verify the current user's username and password. I'm not entirely sure how to do this. I've read some things on "dscl" but am not sure that's the correct route for me to go.
The one condition i have is that i really need to have the verification happen... (4 Replies)
On SPARC Solaris 10. I set the app account so it's expired. I also want it
so not required to change password at first login, I can do this by
removing the numbers after the password in /etc/shadow.
example using user1
The /etc/shadow file looks like this:
user1:kOmcVXAImRTAY:0::::90::
... (8 Replies)
Hi
I have a password stored in a file (which is a user input)
The password is having the special character $
say the password is pw$ord and is stored in the file pw_note
I am using the following statement to store the passowrd in a
variable
$schema_pwd = `cat $dir/pwd_note` ;
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Good morning!
I am using a shell script to back up user email files to a remote location. The problem is, one (and apparently more than one) users have the symbol "@" in their password. As you can see from the line:
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G'day guys,
Just a simple question:
Is it possible to set user's passwords without numeric characters?
I prefer to have passwords as simple words, but when going through SMC, i get an error that the first six characters must contain at least 2 alphabetic and 1 numeric.
Server is a Sun... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I was wondering, how can I echo password using a character such as '*' in unix?
In my machine, password is not echoed, so it is only blank space when I enter any password.
So, when I enter a command such as "lock", how can I set the echo character to "*" or something else for... (4 Replies)