[PATCH 0/3] support for Values in login.defs settings

Michael Palmiotto mpalmiotto at tresys.com
Wed May 30 20:13:40 UTC 2012


>Some remaining issues exist, such as the prose not being
>quite good yet, and I believe we will also break apart the
>OVAL check for minimum length to separately cover the
>settings in login.defs and pam_cracklib.  But not today.

I'm assuming this is one example of prose that needs
resolution:

><pre>PASS_MIN_LEN=12
><!-- <sub idref="var_password_min_len"> --></pre>
>TODO: More research needed to understand exact
>interaction: when precisely is this file consulted?



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