BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Mike O'Neill
mikeo at redhillstudios.com
Mon Jan 15 20:57:03 GMT 2001
Steven, yes I know about that. On this RH7 system, the root user is not
stopped from changing the password however the regular user is. -m
> Mike,
>
> Yes, that is a message. I did a change of a new uers passwd last night. I
> kept getting this
> message also. Type the passwd again, and hit enter. It will tell you that it
> has taken.
>
> I was also getting a message that it was a word in the dict. It was a persons
> name
> that I was using.
>
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> On 1/15/2001 at 12:01 Mike O'Neill wrote:
>
>> A non-root user is trying to change their password but cannot because of the
>> message:
>>
>> BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
>>
>> They swear its not true. Anyways, I was just curious where (if anywhere)
>> the config file lies for this functionality. Do you know? -mike
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