Subject: passwd prompts for new password only once when is pressed
From: Chris Davies
Date: 9/13/2007 10:08:46 AM
wong_powah@yahoo.ca wrote:
> When I just press the "enter" key when passwd prompts for new
> password, I should get re-prompted 3 times. Instead, it reprompts only
> once for FC 6.
> How to change passwd's behavior so that it will re-prompt 3 times?
Passwd assumes that if you're changing a password as root then you
really know what you're doing. For all other users it will continue to
insist for a valid password.
Chris
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