changeset d3355f8e1e6d in /srv/hg/libpwquality
details:
http://hg.fedorahosted.org/hg/srv/hg/libpwquality?cmd=changeset;node=d335...
summary: Clarify that some checks in pam_pwquality are not applicable to root.
diffstat:
doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diffs (13 lines):
diff -r 9eb9b42708cf -r d3355f8e1e6d doc/man/pam_pwquality.8
--- a/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 Thu Dec 20 10:17:24 2012 +0100
+++ b/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 Thu Dec 20 16:19:19 2012 +0100
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@
The module will return error on failed check even if the user changing the
password is root\&. This option is off by default which means that just
the message about the failed check is printed but root can change
-the password anyway\&.
+the password anyway\&. Note that root is not asked for an old password
+so the checks that compare the old and new password are not performed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlocal_users_only\fR