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i (root user of suse 10.1) want to make password restrictions like minLenth should be 8 and must contain 2 alphabets and 2 special and 2 numarical.I went through somany ...
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    Question suse 10.1 password restrictions

    i (root user of suse 10.1) want to make password restrictions like minLenth should be 8 and must contain 2 alphabets and 2 special and 2 numarical.I went through somany sites and did lot changes .
    in /etc/pam.d/passwd

    auth include common-auth
    account include common-account
    password include common-password
    session include common-session


    these lines are there .
    and in /etc/pam.d/common-password

    password required pam_cracklib.so retry=2 min=12 difok=-3 dcredit=-2 ocredit=-2 lcredit=-2
    password required pam_unix2.so use_authtok nullok md5
    password optional pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok use_first_pass

    i added other lines commented.
    but its not working.
    what will be possible problem.
    and i didn't find the flow of authentication using pam.d to undestand.
    i have spents so many hours on net. no proper info on suse 10.1
    please help me

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    In suse use yast if in a terminal or yast2 in gui mode to change the system settings.
    Go to Security and Users > Local Secrity and you should be able to set it.

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    yast just covering min lenth and check for dictionary words and life of password and history of last password but not the characters using in password.
    i am googling and trying to undersatnd atleast authentication process but no proper information not there.(may be iam not able to get i don't know).
    thank u very much for ur quick reply.
    waiting for ur reply

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