Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 GMT From: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/184482: passwd (1) man page incorrect info about login.conf Message-ID: <201402132240.s1DMe1Xt094595@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/184482; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, ryan_gerstenkorn@fastmail.fm Cc: Subject: Re: docs/184482: passwd (1) man page incorrect info about login.conf Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:32:47 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000406000308090404010608 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Short man page patch to remove the offending sections -- Allan Jude --------------000406000308090404010608 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; name="man.passwd.1.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="man.passwd.1.diff" Index: usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 =================================================================== --- usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 (revision 261727) +++ usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 (working copy) @@ -59,27 +59,10 @@ .Nm utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors. .Pp -The new password should be at least six characters long (which -may be overridden using the -.Xr login.conf 5 -.Dq minpasswordlen -setting for a user's login class) and not purely alphabetic. -Its total length must be less than +The total length of the password must be less than .Dv _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128 characters). .Pp -The new password should contain a mixture of upper and lower case -characters (which may be overridden using the -.Xr login.conf 5 -.Dq mixpasswordcase -setting for a user's login class). -Allowing lower case passwords may -be useful where the password file will be used in situations where only -lower case passwords are permissible, such as when using Samba to -authenticate Windows clients. -In all other situations, numbers, upper -case letters and meta characters are encouraged. -.Pp Once the password has been verified, .Nm communicates the new password information to --------------000406000308090404010608--
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