* man/newusers.8.xml, man/chpasswd.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml,

	man/groupadd.8.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/chgpasswd.8.xml,
	man/groupmod.8.xml: Added warning: passwords set with these tools
	may not respect the password policy.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 35ecaf88bba719b9151fb161386e56995bcf9f7e..2c5255d184d796b1b0e2b8bb2ce4458b8984753d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-05-19  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+       * man/newusers.8.xml, man/chpasswd.8.xml, man/useradd.8.xml,
+       man/groupadd.8.xml, man/usermod.8.xml, man/chgpasswd.8.xml,
+       man/groupmod.8.xml: Added warning: passwords set with these tools
+       may not respect the password policy.
+
 2009-05-19  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
        * man/groupadd.8.xml: Fixed formatting issue.

diff --git a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
index 7d089ef9862d3243a56f67e86a60523c305e0990..502ea2489c3bf64a4723b51218300f05f40ffed4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
+++ b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
       Remember to set permissions or umask to prevent readability of
       unencrypted files by other users.
     </para>
+    <para>
+      You should make sure the passwords and the encryption method respect
+      the system's password policy.
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1 id='configuration'>

diff --git a/man/chpasswd.8.xml b/man/chpasswd.8.xml
index ed0746323f2b6f424f27db918cd147d5277f358f..cca796390c036fcec23b643951b898b1a96288ef 100644 (file)
--- a/man/chpasswd.8.xml
+++ b/man/chpasswd.8.xml
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
       Remember to set permissions or umask to prevent readability of
       unencrypted files by other users.
     </para>
+    <para condition="no_pam">
+      You should make sure the passwords and the encryption method respect
+      the system's password policy.
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1 id='configuration' condition="no_pam">

diff --git a/man/groupadd.8.xml b/man/groupadd.8.xml
index 396789900292798ba53472743270c0b78921367b..d84ce967a84860c88726e495d523ba00ec2d734c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/groupadd.8.xml
+++ b/man/groupadd.8.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@
            recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will
            be visible by users listing the processes.
          </para>
+         <para>
+           You should make sure the password respects the system's
+           password policy.
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>

diff --git a/man/groupmod.8.xml b/man/groupmod.8.xml
index c61c3e23d5ae22bbbaaeef2ea66795bf08314ee8..d23000893d03832511b0fa8530d06d484d273d90 100644 (file)
--- a/man/groupmod.8.xml
+++ b/man/groupmod.8.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@
            recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will
            be visible by users listing the processes.
          </para>
+         <para>
+           You should make sure the password respects the system's
+           password policy.
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>

diff --git a/man/newusers.8.xml b/man/newusers.8.xml
index a90c5bb771acdb762d2976eac9cd2b132e0a88b7..8cda0b28fdaa4c20d52ce2cd7b83ec0a301dc59c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/newusers.8.xml
+++ b/man/newusers.8.xml
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@
       The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted
       passwords.
     </para>
+    <para condition="no_pam">
+      You should make sure the passwords and the encryption method respect
+      the system's password policy.
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1 id='configuration'>

diff --git a/man/useradd.8.xml b/man/useradd.8.xml
index ed2face69a786f7087d30d088a3d0c9d570ad85f..0a6570b93ecadf44dbc61d01b370421748596e5c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/useradd.8.xml
+++ b/man/useradd.8.xml
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@
            recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will
            be visible by users listing the processes.
          </para>
+         <para>
+           You should make sure the password respects the system's
+           password policy.
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>

diff --git a/man/usermod.8.xml b/man/usermod.8.xml
index 793644e95ce0e5d59f2aa074d466199974d981f4..ad70ec2eac8ed38009562e704fcd4f4166a458a2 100644 (file)
--- a/man/usermod.8.xml
+++ b/man/usermod.8.xml
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@
            recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will
            be visible by users listing the processes.
          </para>
+         <para condition="pam">
+           The password will be written in the local
+           <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or
+           <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> file. This might differ from the
+           password database configured in your PAM configuration.
+         </para>
+         <para>
+           You should make sure the password respects the system's
+           password policy.
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>