Re: password length

[Jim Breton <jamesb-debian@alongtheway.com>]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 09:15:39PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> Indeed, PAM is a potato thing, and as far as I know, everything in
> /etc/login.defs is rendered obsolete by PAM.

Not everything.  Some of the stuff is still configured in login.defs.  I
have the following text at the end of mine:

################# OBSOLETED BY PAM ##############
#                                               #
# These options are now handled by PAM. Please  #
# edit the appropriate file in /etc/pam.d/ to   #
# enable the equivelants of them.
#
###############

#MOTD_FILE
#DIALUPS_CHECK_ENAB
#LASTLOG_ENAB
#MAIL_CHECK_ENAB
#OBSCURE_CHECKS_ENAB
#PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB
#CONSOLE
#SU_WHEEL_ONLY
#CRACKLIB_DICTPATH
#PASS_CHANGE_TRIES
#PASS_ALWAYS_WARN
#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB
#CONSOLE_GROUPS
#ENVIRON_FILE
#NOLOGINS_FILE
#ISSUE_FILE
#PASS_MIN_LEN


So the other options should still be modified in this file.  Things like
HUSHLOGIN_FILE, etc.