From 7665fe235e3526715a693f57088a9a7be32ac465 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: millert Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:59:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] _PASSWORD_LEN is no longer the limit for an unencrypted password. It is now used as the max length of the encrypted password hash. From Benjamin Baier. --- usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index 33167ecb81a..262e7bffa0f 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.46 2019/04/23 17:52:12 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: passwd.1,v 1.47 2021/04/14 13:59:59 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)passwd.1 6.11 (Berkeley) 7/24/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 23 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 14 2021 $ .Dt PASSWD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ The new password must be entered twice to avoid typing errors. .Pp The new password should be at least six characters long and not purely alphabetic. -Its total length must be less than -.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN -(currently 128 characters). A mixture of both lower and uppercase letters, numbers, and meta-characters is encouraged. .Pp -- 2.20.1