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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 index cc61b41d7e96..1f0df7b1ffb6 100644 --- a/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 +++ b/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1 @@ -76,10 +76,12 @@ The new password should contain a mixture of upper and lower case characters (which may be overridden using the .Xr login.conf 5 .Dq mixpasswordcase -setting for a user's login class). Allowing lower case passwords may +setting for a user's login class). +Allowing lower case passwords may be useful where the password file will be used in situations where only lower case passwords are permissible, such as when using Samba to -authenticate Windows clients. In all other situations, numbers, upper +authenticate Windows clients. +In all other situations, numbers, upper case letters and meta characters are encouraged. .Pp Once the password has been verified, |