docs/184482: passwd (1) man page incorrect info about login.conf

[Allan Jude]

The following reply was made to PR docs/184482; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Allan Jude <freebsd at allanjude.com>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, ryan_gerstenkorn at fastmail.fm
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/184482: passwd (1) man page incorrect info about login.conf
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:32:47 -0500

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 Short man page patch to remove the offending sections
 
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 Allan Jude
 
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 Index: usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1
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 --- usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1	(revision 261727)
 +++ usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1	(working copy)
 @@ -59,27 +59,10 @@
  .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
 
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