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Matt - thanks for the tip on passwdqc. That is not installed by default on Slackware, but it is in the SlackBuilds repository. I'll install it and check it out. On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:32:53 -0400 Matt Savin wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > Thank you for sharing! I would probably replace password length and > complexity ch...

how to ensure systems users have strong passwords enabled -- Regards Agnello D'souza

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:31:48 -0400 Mark Foley wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:53:01 +0100 Rowland Penny wrote: > > > > On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:32:53 -0400 > > Mark Foley via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote: > > > > > > > as root: > > > > > > ldbsearch --url=ldap://mail -b "DC=hprs,DC=local" -s sub > >

I have Samba PDC with an LDAP backend. I just realized that the users can reset their passwords to anything, a single character a space. Is there anyway to prevent this?

...id. Note: There is also a "phpldapadmin" package that provides more detailed control of the LDAP directory, but because it's a generic interface you have to know much more to do account management. Configure Linux Authentication (apt-get install libnss-ldap libpam-ldap libpam-passwdqc) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ref: http://www.metaconsultancy.com/whitepapers/ldap-linux.htm http://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/README.shtml In brief, this involved editing several configuration files... /etc/nsswitch.conf:...