Why does 'ssh' and 'scp' work to one and not another?

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 10:45 -0700, joe at actionline.com wrote:
> > Failed password for joe from 192.168.0.68
> > seems pretty clear to me
> 
> We have known all along that there is a failed password,
> but I don't know how to fix that. Both the user and root
> passwords work to log in to this computer, but the same
> passwords do not work to log in remotely.
> 
> I have tried changing the passwords, but the system will
> not allow me to do so.
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because 'user' has to satisfy 'rules' for passwords but root does not.

if you...

sudo 'su -'

and then type

passwd joe

you can enter anything you want for a password and not have to satisfy
rules.

Craig


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