[Midnightbsd-cvs] src [11462] trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1: fix some bad advice

[laffer1 at midnightbsd.org]

Revision: 11462
          http://svnweb.midnightbsd.org/src/?rev=11462
Author:   laffer1
Date:     2018-07-07 12:52:43 -0400 (Sat, 07 Jul 2018)
Log Message:
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fix some bad advice

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1

Property Changed:
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    trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1

Modified: trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1	2018-07-07 16:51:54 UTC (rev 11461)
+++ trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1	2018-07-07 16:52:43 UTC (rev 11462)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $MidnightBSD$
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .\"
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)passwd.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
-.\" $MidnightBSD$
+.\" $FreeBSD: stable/10/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 262147 2014-02-18 03:39:20Z wblock $
 .\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd February 14, 2014
 .Dt PASSWD 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -59,27 +60,10 @@
 .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
@@ -230,6 +214,7 @@
 .Xr passwd 5 ,
 .Xr kerberos 8 ,
 .Xr kpasswdd 8 ,
+.Xr pam_passwdqc 8 ,
 .Xr pw 8 ,
 .Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
 .Xr vipw 8


Property changes on: trunk/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
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Added: svn:keywords
## -0,0 +1 ##
+MidnightBSD=%H
\ No newline at end of property