mdoc(7) police: polish markup.

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Ruslan Ermilov 2002-05-30 14:49:57 +00:00
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@ -72,34 +72,48 @@ If the chosen password is unsatisfactory, the service function returns
.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR .
.Pp
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
.Bl -tag -width 18n
.It Cm min Ns = Ns Ar N0 Ns , Ns Ar N1 Ns , Ns Ar N2 Ns , Ns Ar N3 Ns , Ns Ar N4
(min=disabled,24,12,8,7)
The minimum allowed password lengths for different kinds of passwords
/ passphrases.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Xo
.Sm off
.Cm min No = Ar N0 , N1 , N2 , N3 , N4
.Sm on
.Xc
.Sm off
.Pq Cm min No = Cm disabled , No 24 , 12 , 8 , 7
.Sm on
The minimum allowed password lengths for different kinds of
passwords/passphrases.
The keyword
.Dq disabled
.Cm disabled
can be used to
disallow passwords of a given kind regardless of their length.
Each subsequent number is required to be no larger than the preceding
one.
.Pp
N0 is used for passwords consisting of characters from one character
.Ar N0
is used for passwords consisting of characters from one character
class only.
The character classes are: digits, lower-case letters, upper-case
letters, and other characters.
There is also a special class for non-ASCII characters which couldn't
There is also a special class for
.No non- Ns Tn ASCII
characters which could not
be classified, but are assumed to be non-digits.
.Pp
N1 is used for passwords consisting of characters from two character
classes, which don't meet the requirements for a passphrase.
.Ar N1
is used for passwords consisting of characters from two character
classes, which do not meet the requirements for a passphrase.
.Pp
N2 is used for passphrases.
.Ar N2
is used for passphrases.
A passphrase must consist of sufficient words (see the
.Cm passphrase
option below).
.Pp
N3 and N4 are used for passwords consisting of characters from three
.Ar N3
and
.Ar N4
are used for passwords consisting of characters from three
and four character classes, respectively.
.Pp
When calculating the number of character classes, upper-case letters
@ -108,10 +122,10 @@ password are not counted.
.Pp
In addition to being sufficiently long, passwords are required to
contain enough different characters for the character classes and
the minimum length they've been checked against.
the minimum length they have been checked against.
.Pp
.It Cm max Ns = Ns Ar N
(max=40)
.Pq Cm max Ns = Ns 40
The maximum allowed password length.
This can be used to prevent users from setting passwords which may be
too long for some system services.
@ -123,14 +137,16 @@ user will be warned.
This is for compatibility with the traditional DES password hashes,
which truncate the password at 8 characters.
.Pp
It is important that you do set max=8 if you're using the traditional
It is important that you do set
.Cm max Ns = Ns 8
if you are using the traditional
hashes, or some weak passwords will pass the checks.
.It Cm passphrase Ns = Ns Ar N
(passphrase=3)
.Pq Cm passphrase Ns = Ns 3
The number of words required for a passphrase, or 0 to disable
passphrase support.
.It Cm match Ns = Ns Ar N
(match=4)
.Pq Cm match Ns = Ns 4
The length of common substring required to conclude that a password is
at least partially based on information found in a character string,
or 0 to disable the substring search.
@ -140,28 +156,40 @@ with the weak substring removed.
.Pp
The substring search is case-insensitive and is able to detect and
remove a common substring spelled backwards.
.It Cm similar Ns = Ns Ar permit Ns | Ns Ar deny
(similar=deny)
.It Xo
.Sm off
.Cm similar No = Cm permit | deny
.Sm on
.Xc
.Pq Cm similar Ns = Ns Cm deny
Whether a new password is allowed to be similar to the old one.
The passwords are considered to be similar when there's a sufficiently
The passwords are considered to be similar when there is a sufficiently
long common substring and the new password with the substring removed
would be weak.
.It Cm random Ns = Ns Ar N Ns Op , Ns Ar only
(random=42)
.It Xo
.Sm off
.Cm random No = Ar N Op , Cm only
.Sm on
.Xc
.Pq Cm random Ns = Ns 42
The size of randomly-generated passwords in bits, or 0 to disable this
feature.
Passwords that contain the offered randomly-generated string will be
allowed regardless of other possible restrictions.
.Pp
The
.Dq only
.Cm only
modifier can be used to disallow user-chosen passwords.
.It Cm enforce Ns = Ns Ar none Ns | Ns Ar users Ns | Ns Ar everyone
(enforce=everyone)
.It Xo
.Sm off
.Cm enforce No = Cm none | users | everyone
.Sm on
.Xc
.Pq Cm enforce Ns = Ns Cm everyone
The module can be configured to warn of weak passwords only, but not
actually enforce strong passwords.
The
.Dq users
.Cm users
setting will enforce strong passwords for non-root users only.
.It Cm non-unix
Normally,
@ -174,13 +202,15 @@ This behavior can be disabled with the
.Cm non-unix
option.
.It Cm retry Ns = Ns Ar N
(retry = 3)
.Pq Cm retry Ns = Ns 3
The number of times the module will ask for a new password if the user
fails to provide a sufficiently strong password and enter it twice the
first time.
.It Cm ask_oldauthtok Ns Op = Ns Ar update
.It Cm ask_oldauthtok Ns Op = Ns Cm update
Ask for the old password as well.
Normally, pam_passwdqc leaves this task for subsequent modules.
Normally,
.Nm
leaves this task for subsequent modules.
With no argument, the
.Cm ask_oldauthtok
option will cause
@ -189,21 +219,25 @@ to ask for the old password during the preliminary check phase.
If the
.Cm ask_oldauthtok
option is specified with the
.Dq update
.Cm update
argument,
.Nm
will do that during the update phase.
.It Cm check_oldauthtok
This tells pam_passwdqc to validate the old password before giving a
This tells
.Nm
to validate the old password before giving a
new password prompt.
Normally, this task is left for subsequent modules.
.Pp
The primary use for this option is when
.Cm ask_oldauthtok Ns = Ns Ar update
.Cm ask_oldauthtok Ns = Ns Cm update
is also specified, in which case no other modules gets a chance to ask
for and validate the password.
Of course, this will only work with Unix passwords.
.It Cm use_first_pass Ns , Ns Cm use_authtok
Of course, this will only work with
.Ux
passwords.
.It Cm use_first_pass , use_authtok
Use the new password obtained by modules stacked before
.Nm .
This disables user interaction within