From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 13 22:40:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79509AF7 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 649F51BF7 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s1DMe1GX094596 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s1DMe1Xt094595; Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 GMT Message-Id: <201402132240.s1DMe1Xt094595@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Allan Jude Subject: Re: docs/184482: passwd (1) man page incorrect info about login.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Allan Jude List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:40:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/184482; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Allan Jude 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--