From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 03:42:50 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@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 9AA57F5D; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (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 6A94D15E5; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s1I3goXq008356; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s1I3goi9008355; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201402180342.s1I3goi9008355@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r262148 - stable/9/usr.bin/passwd X-SVN-Group: stable-9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:42:50 -0000 Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Tue Feb 18 03:42:49 2014 New Revision: 262148 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/262148 Log: MFC r261895: Remove mention of minimum password length and upper/lower case checking, patch supplied by Allan Jude . Add xref to pam_passwdqc(8), where that testing is now done. Modified: stable/9/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 Directory Properties: stable/9/usr.bin/passwd/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 Tue Feb 18 03:39:20 2014 (r262147) +++ stable/9/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 Tue Feb 18 03:42:49 2014 (r262148) @@ -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