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How to display password policy information for a user (Ubuntu)?

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Ubuntu Documentation > Ubuntu 9.04 > Ubuntu Server Guide > Security > User Management states that there is a default minimum password length for Ubuntu: By default, Ubuntu requires a minimum password length of 4 characters Say the password is to be modified by the user using . Is there a command fo…

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> sudo chage -l SomeUserName
Last password change                                : May 13, 2010
Password expires                                    :…

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The OP confuses two different questions: policy and password length. As already stated by @BillThor, password length is dealt with by the PAM module, under the not truly auspicious keyword , in the file /etc/pam.d/common-password, which contains the…

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