On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 05:58:08PM +0000, Brian Kelk wrote:
> Hi.
>
> The man page for passwd says that the length of a password must be
> less than a specified value. Less than or equal to would make more
> sense, surely?
>
> Brian Kelk
>
hi.
i'm kind of having to guess what exactly you are referring to. for
example, there are two passwd pages. a diff would have saved some
guesswork.
anyway, i guess you are referring to this:
The new password should be at least six characters long and
not purely alphabetic. Its total length must be less than
_PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128 characters).
are you suggesting that the current text is incorrect (i.e. a 128
character password is valid), or just that the phrasing is not to
your liking (and therefore that we should also adjust the documented
value to 127)?
i think i spent way more time writing this mail than you ;(
jmc
