How to change password policy settings for SUSE Manager

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Environment

SUSE Manager 4.x

Situation

For SUSE Manager 4.x releases the default number of characters for user passwords in the WebUI is limited to 32. In case there is a requirement for passwords longer than 32 characters, /etc/rhn/rhn.conf needs to be adjusted.

Resolution

A number of settings for /etc/rhn/rhn.conf allow changing the password policy for the WebUI, the defaults are currently set to:

min_passwd_len = 5
max_passwd_len = 32
min_user_len   = 3
max_user_len   = 64
max_email_len  = 128

In order to change the password policy, the options above need to be entered into /etc/rhn/rhn.conf with the desired values. Run

spacewalk-service restart

afterwards to activate the changes.

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