> I know, it is hard to get a proper documentation on the paramters in > /etc/pam.d/common-password,
There are manpages for each of the modules, which document their options. > but according to what I found, for example here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/user-management.html > the max= switch should do EAXACTLY what I described above, and what you > described should be accomplished by the maxlen= parameter. That's a bug in this documentation, not in the pam_unix module. > I therefore kindly ask you to get your facts straight and to reopen the > prematurely dismissed thread. Thanks in advance and your's, firebug Not premature at all. But since there is a bug in the documentation, I'll reopen and assign this bug there to the documentation. Matthew, could you please drop all references to 'max=' in the referenced page? ** Package changed: pam (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Triaged -- changing pwd strength criteria in /etc/pam.d/common.password takes no effect at all https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671332 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
