Jer, I don't know of a definitive guide, but I fished around (because it is of interest to me and because _someone_ has got to know _something_ about it) and found these: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/index.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam.html http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/User-Authentication-HOWTO/index.html Troy jrsmit2 at uswest.com wrote: > > On this note, does ANYONE know of a definitive guide to pam. > > I can't believe something enhances security when it's so poorly documented. > > Jer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Crumley [mailto:crumley at belka.space.umn.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 3:14 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20824] passwd security configuration > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:59:17PM -0400, Brian wrote: > > >Where is the file that sets the minimum password length and how >it > checks > > >is a password is a "bad" password, etc? > > > > I don't know the file names but I believe it's all set up in linuxconf. > The > > docs for linuxconf may give you a clue as to where it stores those. > > Well, on Debian its under /etc/pam.d/passwd - I'd expect it would > be something similar on Red Hat. > > -- > Jim Crumley | > crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | > Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 | > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Troy Johnson mailto:john1536 at tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~john1536/ If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses. -- Stephen Wright --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org