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Teach passwd about a new "mixpasswordcase" login.conf parameter. If this

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parameter is missing, or specified as above, then passwd behaves as normal
when the user enters an all lower case password -- i.e., it prompts them
to use mixed case, and will only grudgingly accept an all lower case
password.

If you negate this entry in login.conf, with "mixpasswordcase@", then
passwd will allow all lower case passwords without complaining.

Approved by:	jkh
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Nik Clayton 2000-02-11 13:45:51 +00:00
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commit 485343f5ff
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@ -70,8 +70,17 @@ setting for a user's login class) and not purely alphabetic.
Its total length must be less than
.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN
(currently 128 characters).
Numbers, upper case letters and meta characters
are encouraged.
.Pp
The new password should contain a mixture of upper and lower case
characters (which may be overridden using the
.Xr login.conf 5
.if t ``mixpasswordcase''
.if n "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 permissable, 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 passwd