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authorTomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>2015-07-17 17:08:43 +0200
committerTomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>2015-07-17 17:08:43 +0200
commitfcf522db281ce23840f028a2ea44039f92c5e144 (patch)
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parent2feba1307c3bcfc1592b4e4162ebf9967cc096c5 (diff)
downloadlibpwquality-fcf522db281ce23840f028a2ea44039f92c5e144.tar.gz
Add implicit support for <cfgfile>.d/*.conf file parsing.
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diff --git a/doc/man/pwquality.conf.5 b/doc/man/pwquality.conf.5
index 7315e1c..6d9c80e 100644
--- a/doc/man/pwquality.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/pwquality.conf.5
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
pwquality.conf \- configuration for the libpwquality library
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB/etc/security/pwquality.conf\fR
+\fB/etc/security/pwquality.conf.d/*.conf\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpwquality.conf\fR provides a way to configure the default password
quality requirements for the system passwords. This file is read by the
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ The file has a very simple \fIname = value\fR format with possible comments
starting with \fB#\fR character. The whitespace at the beginning of line, end
of line, and around the \fB=\fR sign is ignored.
+The libpwquality library also first reads all \fB*.conf\fR files from the
+\fB/etc/security/pwquality.conf.d\fR directory in ASCII sorted order. The
+values of the same settings are overriden in the order the files are parsed.
.PD
.SH OPTIONS
The possible options in the file are: