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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml index 40084023..a8b64bb5 100644 --- a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml +++ b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml @@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ </para> <para> + The maximum length of a password supported by the pam_unix module + via the helper binary is <emphasis>PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE</emphasis> + - currently 512 bytes. The rest of the password provided by the + conversation function to the module will be ignored. + </para> + + <para> The password component of this module performs the task of updating the user's password. The default encryption hash is taken from the <emphasis remap='B'>ENCRYPT_METHOD</emphasis> variable from |