Hello!

Is there a way to use goodpw, but allow users to change just a single
character instead of at least three, when entering a new password.
I have modified the /usr/lib/goodpw/match the way I need the settings
to be. Everything works fine, but the users are always asked to change
at least three characters.
I have tried pretty much every combination in /etc/default/goodpw and
/etc/auth/system/default, but nothing seems to work. I also tried
different security levels, no changes either.
The box runs sco openserver 5.0.6 with all the available patches and
updates.
Every hint is very welcome!
Thanks in advance
Dudeck

dudeck typed (on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:28:32AM -0800):
| Hello!
|
| Is there a way to use goodpw, but allow users to change just a single
| character instead of at least three, when entering a new password.
| I have modified the /usr/lib/goodpw/match the way I need the settings
| to be. Everything works fine, but the users are always asked to change
| at least three characters.

If you run strings on /bin/passwd, you'll see that that condition is
built-in to the binary, so I think you're SOL.

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JP