[Pkg-shadow-commits] r575 - in trunk/debian: . patches

[Christian Perrier]

Author: bubulle
Date: 2005-10-08 18:14:34 +0000 (Sat, 08 Oct 2005)
New Revision: 575

Added:
   trunk/debian/patches/452_doc_password_check_order
Modified:
   trunk/debian/changelog
   trunk/debian/patches/series
Log:
Document the order for checking passwords strength.
Closes: #115380
Should be applied upstream


Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2005-10-08 18:12:32 UTC (rev 574)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2005-10-08 18:14:34 UTC (rev 575)
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
       useradd.8, userdel.8, usermod.8:
       Improved crossreferences with other manpages
       Closes: #300892
+  * Patches to upstream man pages, not yet applied upstream:
+    - debian/patches/452_doc_password_check_order:
+      Document the order for checking the password strength
+      Closes: #115380
   * Debian packaging fixes:
     - debian/login.su.pam:
       - pam_wheel example moved after pam_rootok in config.

Added: trunk/debian/patches/452_doc_password_check_order
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/patches/452_doc_password_check_order	2005-10-08 18:12:32 UTC (rev 574)
+++ trunk/debian/patches/452_doc_password_check_order	2005-10-08 18:14:34 UTC (rev 575)
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Goal: Document how password strength is checked
+Fixes: #115380
+
+Status wrt upstream: Proposed but not applied yet
+
+Index: shadow-4.0.13/man/passwd.1.xml
+===================================================================
+--- shadow-4.0.13.orig/man/passwd.1.xml	2005-10-05 07:35:27.325611228 +0200
++++ shadow-4.0.13/man/passwd.1.xml	2005-10-08 19:54:22.502118479 +0200
+@@ -95,10 +95,16 @@
+       </para>
+ 
+       <para>
+-        The user is then prompted for a replacement password. This password
+-	is tested for complexity. As a general guideline, passwords should
+-	consist of 6 to 8 characters including one or more from each of
+-	following sets:
++        The user is then prompted twice for a replacement
++        password. The second entry is compared against the first and
++        both are required to match in order for the password to be
++        changed.
++      </para>
++
++      <para>
++        Then, the password is tested for complexity. As a general
++        guideline, passwords should consist of 6 to 8 characters including
++        one or more characters from each of the following sets:
+       </para>
+ 
+       <itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
+@@ -119,11 +125,6 @@
+ 	is not suitably complex.
+       </para>
+ 
+-      <para>If the password is accepted, <command>passwd</command> will
+-	prompt again and compare the second entry against the first. Both
+-	entries are required to match in order for the password to be
+-	changed.
+-      </para>
+     </refsect2>
+ 
+     <refsect2 id='group_passwords'>

Modified: trunk/debian/patches/series
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/patches/series	2005-10-08 18:12:32 UTC (rev 574)
+++ trunk/debian/patches/series	2005-10-08 18:14:34 UTC (rev 575)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 447_missing_login.defs_variables
 448_enable_man
 451_login_PATH
+452_doc_password_check_order
 # 999-2 is about using cdbs. It does not patch upstream files
 # so shouldn't be here, but we keep it for the future
 # 999-2_build_using_cdbs