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| author | Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> | 2010-08-31 23:17:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> | 2019-01-08 21:48:26 -0800 |
| commit | d14caa1df90fe232b1ebd690dad62506af61589a (patch) | |
| tree | 2517393094490c42a8a6c2b6c2eb37a02fd4893a /debian/NEWS | |
| parent | 51af808526e0273d607d3cdf061e14ccaa0d96de (diff) | |
debian/NEWS: document the disappearance of 'min=n', in case users have
encoded this option elsewhere outside of /etc/pam.d/common-password.
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/NEWS | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index cd9b078c..3bcb8972 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ +pam (1.1.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * Name of option for minimum Unix password length has changed + + The Debian-specific 'min=n' option to pam_unix for specifying minimum + lengths for new passwords has been replaced by a new upstream option + called 'minlen=n'. If you are using 'min=n' in + /etc/pam.d/common-password, this will be migrated to the new option name + for you on upgrade. If you have configured pam_unix password changing + elsewhere on your system, such as in a PAM profile under + /usr/share/pam-configs or in other files in /etc/pam.d, you will need to + update them by hand for this change. + + -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:09:30 -0700 + pam (1.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * pam_rhosts_auth module obsolete, symlink removed |