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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1976a81e --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +pam (0.99.7.1-5) unstable; urgency=low + + * Default Unix minimum password length has changed + + Previous versions of pam_unix on Debian had a built-in minimum password + length of 1 character, and a minimum password length configured in + /etc/pam.d/common-password of 4 characters. This differed from the + upstream default of 6 characters. This has been changed, so the + default /etc/pam.d/common-password no longer overrides the compile-time + default and the compile-time default has been raised to 6 characters. + If you are using pam_unix but are not using the default + /etc/pam.d/common-password file, it is recommended that you drop any + min= options to pam_unix from your config unless you have stronger + local password requirements that the upstream default. + + The password length 'max' option has also been deprecated in this + version because it was never written to work as suggested in the + documentation. If you are using pam_unix but are not using the default + /etc/pam.d/common-password file, you should remove any old max= options + to pam_unix from your config as this option will be considered an error + in future versions of pam. + + -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:27:11 -0700 |