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diff --git a/doc/modules/pam_cracklib.sgml b/doc/modules/pam_cracklib.sgml index 031a440e..97b284de 100644 --- a/doc/modules/pam_cracklib.sgml +++ b/doc/modules/pam_cracklib.sgml @@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ Requires the system library <tt/libcrack/ and a system dictionary: <p> This module can be plugged into the <tt/password/ stack of a given application to provide some plug-in strength-checking for passwords. -(XXX - note this does not necessarily work with the pam_unix module, -although it is known to work with the pam_pwdb replacement for the -unix module -- see example and pam_pwdb write up for more -information). <p> This module works in the following manner: it first calls the @@ -125,6 +121,7 @@ share most of these characters with the old password. <tt/debug/; <tt/type=XXX/; <tt/retry=N/; <tt/difok=N/; <tt/minlen=N/; <tt/dcredit=N/; <tt/ucredit=N/; <tt/lcredit=N/; <tt/ocredit=N/; +<tt/use_authtok/; <tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> @@ -216,14 +213,16 @@ character will count +1 towards meeting the current <tt/minlen/ value. The default for <tt/ocredit/ is 1 which is the recommended value for <tt/minlen/ less than 10. +<item> <tt/use_authtok/ - + +This argument is used to <em/force/ the module to not prompt the user +for a new password but use the one provided by the previously stacked +<tt/password/ module. + </itemize> <tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag> -(At the time of writing, this module can only be stacked before the -<tt/pam_pwdb/ module. Cracklib strength checking may be compiled by -default into the <tt/pam_unix/ module.) - <p> For an example of the use of this module, we show how it may be stacked with the password component of <tt/pam_pwdb/: |