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
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.\" @(#)passwd.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" @(#)passwd.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd June 6, 1993
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.Dd February 14, 2014
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.Dt PASSWD 1
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.Dt PASSWD 1
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.Os
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm
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.Nm
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utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors.
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utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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The new password should be at least six characters long (which
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The total length of the password must be less than
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may be overridden using the
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.Xr login.conf 5
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.Dq minpasswordlen
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setting for a user's login class) and not purely alphabetic.
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Its total length must be less than
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.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN
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.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN
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(currently 128 characters).
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(currently 128 characters).
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.Pp
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.Pp
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The new password should contain a mixture of upper and lower case
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characters (which may be overridden using the
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.Xr login.conf 5
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.Dq mixpasswordcase
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setting for a user's login class).
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Allowing lower case passwords may
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be useful where the password file will be used in situations where only
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lower case passwords are permissible, such as when using Samba to
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authenticate Windows clients.
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In all other situations, numbers, upper
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case letters and meta characters are encouraged.
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.Pp
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Once the password has been verified,
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Once the password has been verified,
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.Nm
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.Nm
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communicates the new password information to
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communicates the new password information to
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr passwd 5 ,
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.Xr kerberos 8 ,
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.Xr kerberos 8 ,
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.Xr kpasswdd 8 ,
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.Xr kpasswdd 8 ,
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.Xr pam_passwdqc 8 ,
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.Xr pw 8 ,
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.Xr pw 8 ,
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.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
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.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
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.Xr vipw 8
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.Xr vipw 8
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