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| author | wblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-02-14 15:46:06 +0000 |
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| committer | wblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-02-14 15:46:06 +0000 |
| commit | 8d4bcb774dce6bb000fc574e02f978d756ab6922 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b6057ce461221ddc2a2a05b62dc90c43e7187ab /usr.bin | |
| parent | 9872b563d1e92a8cbf67d1756c4fd0bfa85c5eab (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8d4bcb774dce6bb000fc574e02f978d756ab6922.zip FreeBSD-src-8d4bcb774dce6bb000fc574e02f978d756ab6922.tar.gz | |
Remove mention of minimum password length and upper/lower case checking,
patch supplied by Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com>. Add xref to
pam_passwdqc(8), where that testing is now done.
PR: docs/184482
Submitted by: Ryan Gerstenkorn <ryan_gerstenkorn@fastmail.fm>
Reviewed by: jilles, eadler
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index dbb5a4d..c3d67f0 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)passwd.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dd February 14, 2014 .Dt PASSWD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -59,27 +59,10 @@ The .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 @@ -230,6 +213,7 @@ login class capabilities database .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr kerberos 8 , .Xr kpasswdd 8 , +.Xr pam_passwdqc 8 , .Xr pw 8 , .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 , .Xr vipw 8 |
