From 76397905e2753dca334ba825255a340ded0461df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Mraz Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:19:19 +0100 Subject: Clarify that some checks in pam_pwquality are not applicable to root. --- doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 b/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 index b21babc..3933143 100644 --- a/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 +++ b/doc/man/pam_pwquality.8 @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ By default the list is empty which means that this check is disabled\&. The module will return error on failed check even if the user changing the password is root\&. This option is off by default which means that just the message about the failed check is printed but root can change -the password anyway\&. +the password anyway\&. Note that root is not asked for an old password +so the checks that compare the old and new password are not performed\&. .RE .PP \fBlocal_users_only\fR -- cgit v1.2.1