Michael Carlson wrote: > I am using login.conf to set a minimul password length in the default > class and root class, after adding :minpasswordlen=8: to default and > :minpasswordlen=11: to root and then running > > $ cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf > > I can still use a password of 1 character. This is on FreeBSD > 5.1-RELEASE i386. I have tried this on a 4.8 system and this works fine, > did I miss something in the release notes? I might also add that the same man page says this about these two capabilities: RESERVED CAPABILITIES The following capabilities are reserved for the purposes indicated and may be supported by third-party software. They are not implemented in the base system. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) Gerencia de Operacoes Divisao de Comunicacao de Dados Coordenacao de Seguranca VIVO Centro Oeste Norte Fones: 55-61-313-7654/Cel: 55-61-9618-0904 E-mail: Daniel.Capo_at_tco.net.br Daniel.Sobral_at_tcoip.com.br dcs_at_tcoip.com.br Outros: dcs_at_newsguy.com dcs_at_freebsd.org capo_at_notorious.bsdconspiracy.net Bradley's Bromide: If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.Received on Thu Jul 24 2003 - 07:35:03 UTC
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