etc/login.defs: Clarify PASS_MAX_LEN usage

stoeckmann · alejandro-colomar · commit b236090cd044 · 2025-12-19T17:01:11.000+01:00
The PASS_MAX_LEN option is only used with DES.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Stoeckmann &lt;tobias@stoeckmann.org&gt;
diff --git a/etc/login.defs b/etc/login.defs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ PASS_ALWAYS_WARN	yes
 #
 # Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
 # Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.
-# Ignored if MD5_CRYPT_ENAB set to "yes".
+# Only used for DES encryption algorithm.
 #
 #PASS_MAX_LEN		8
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ PASS_ALWAYS_WARN yes`
`276`	`276`	`#`
`277`	`277`	`# Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().`
`278`	`278`	`# Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.`
`279`		`-# Ignored if MD5_CRYPT_ENAB set to "yes".`
	`279`	`+# Only used for DES encryption algorithm.`
`280`	`280`	`#`
`281`	`281`	`#PASS_MAX_LEN 8`
`282`	`282`