Re: usermin change password..

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

The passwd command usually does call PAM to make the change, so any
restrictions set up in /etc/pam.d/passwd will apply to it as well.

Do you get these same errors when a non-root user changes his password
at the command line? If so, edit /etc/pam.d/passwd and remove the line like :

password        required        pam_cracklib.so type=user retry=3

to totally turn off password strength checking.

  - Jamie

ian forsyth wrote:

> This is the error I get..
> 
> 
>      Failed to change password : /usr/bin/passwd failed :
> 
> Changing password for ian
> (current) UNIX password: New UNIX password: BAD PASSWORD: is too similar 
> to the old one
> New UNIX password: BAD PASSWORD: is too similar to the old one
> New UNIX password: BAD PASSWORD: is too similar to the old one
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
> 
> i changed it to /usr/bin/passwd .. is it still somehow using pam? Would 
> these errors be logged by usermin?
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
> 
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
>> ian forsyth wrote:
>>
>>> usermin version 0.95
>>> webmin version 1.0
>>>
>>> redhat version 7.2
>>>
>>> Before I upgrade to webmin 1.0 the usermin change password module 
>>> worked well... Since upgrading to webmin 1.0 and usermin 0.95, I have 
>>> not been able to change the password through usermin.. only at the 
>>> command line or via webmin/systems/changepassword module.. the change 
>>> password module is set to use PAM..
>>>
>>> i tried the following as a password.. 1luTh=v and got the error.. 'to 
>>> similar to dictionary word'.. I checked /etc/login.defs and could not 
>>> find a setting for password complexity... Since upgrading usermin and 
>>> webmin I have not been able to change the password using usermin.. 
>>> every password nomatter the complexity or simplicity fails..
>>>
>>> What am i missing, what to i need to change.. ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sounds like PAM on your system is being rather silly in enforcing 
>> password
>> complexity. Try switching usermin to use the 'passwd' command instead by
>> going into Webmin -> Usermin Configuration -> Usermin Module 
>> Configuration ->
>> Change Password and setting the 'Command to change password' to 
>> /usr/bin/passwd
>>
>>  - Jamie