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Re: Debian secure by default?



On Sat May 17 2008 10:59:41 Digby Tarvin wrote:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html#s-auth-
>pam say
>  "Now edit /etc/pam.d/passwd and change the first line. You should add
>   the option "md5" to use MD5 passwords, change the minimum length of
>   password from 4 to 6 (or more) and set a maximum length, if you desire."

If I knew how I'd asked you to file a bug report against that web page,
as max= does not limit password length in either Etch or Lenny.

--Mike Bird


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