Re: Simple Password for root

[Armin ranjbar <zoup@zoup.org>]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:28:12 +0200
Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:

sorry i was in a hurry and i guess my last mail was misleading .

i actually *ask* users for root password , what i want is to prevent users
to enter simple password ( 123 , abc , ... ) .


> Op 16-04-2008 om 12:07 schreef Armin ranjbar:
> > Hi list ,
> > 
> > is there any way to deny Simple password for root on
> > 'passwd/root-password' when we are on pressed installation ?
> 
> ( I did read 'pressed' as 'preseeded' )
> 
> IMNSHO is surpressing the "deny simple password" wrong.
> 
> There is another way to have a simple password for root
> and not getting the too simple password warning.
> 
> Use md5crypt password in the preseed file.
> 
> From
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.mips/apbs04.html#preseed-account
> | # Root password, either in clear text
> | #d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme
> | #d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme
> | # or encrypted using an MD5 hash.
> | #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [MD5 hash]
> 
> A possible way to generate the crypted password is by grub.
> Example:
> | # (echo md5crypt; echo god; echo quit)
> | md5crypt
> | god
> | quit
> | # (echo md5crypt; echo god; echo quit) | grub --batch
> | Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> | 
> | 
> |     GNU GRUB  version 0.95  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
> | 
> |  [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.  For the first word,
> | TAB lists possible command completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the
> | possible
> |    completions of a device/filename. ]
> | grub> md5crypt
> | Password: god
> | Encrypted: $1$7aYnS$G6y0MlYJuiLfA0XCn03X./
> | grub> quit
> | # 
> 
> 
> So the preseed line will be ( should be[1])
> | d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password $1$7aYnS
> | $G6y0MlYJuiLfA0XCn03X./
> 
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers
> 
> Notes:
> [1] It should be, I haven't used it my self yet.
> I just know that
> | $ echo god | md5sum
> | cc78fe3fc231895879e726ff46a16131  -
> and
> | d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password
> | cc78fe3fc231895879e726ff46a16131
> didn't work.
> 


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Armin ranjbar , System Administrator