From: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:48:31 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: pam_unix: Document that MD5 password hash is used to store old passwords.
X-Git-Tag: Linux-PAM-1.3.0~3
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ff4fd47e51b19c20807946cf7da49604d205841c;p=linux-pam

pam_unix: Document that MD5 password hash is used to store old passwords.

modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml: Document that the MD5 password hash is used
to store the old passwords when remember option is set.
---

diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml
index 60d90979..1b318f11 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8.xml
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@
             user are saved in <filename>/etc/security/opasswd</filename>
             in order to force password change history and keep the user
             from alternating between the same password too frequently.
+            The MD5 password hash algorithm is used for storing the
+            old passwords.
             Instead of this option the <command>pam_pwhistory</command>
             module should be used.
           </para>