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I needed to restrict the length of passwords to 8 chars min, 32 chars max. Combination of letters (upcase,lowercase) and numbers and/or others. Not to reuse the last 12 passwords <tt>/etc/security/pam_pwcheck.conf</tt>: password: minlen=8 cracklib nullok md5 remember=12 <tt>/etc/default/passwd</tt>: CRYPT=md5 CRYPT_FILES=md5 BLOWFISH_CRYPT_FILES=10 CRYPT_YP=des <tt>/etc/pam.d/passwd</tt> #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_unix2.so nullok account required pam_unix2.so password required pam_passwdqc.so retry=3 ask_oldauthtok min=disabled,disabled,disabled,8,8 random=32 max=32 password required pam_pwcheck.so use_authtok password required pam_unix2.so use_first_pass use_authtok session required pam_unix2.so

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