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File shadow-4.1.5.1-bug935203-manpage.patch of Package shadow.3210

From: Milisav Radmanic <radmanic@suse.com>
Date: 2015-07-28 15:42:42 +0200
Subject: Patch: Adds a comment to the man pages to mind that some settings are not evaluated if PAM is used
References: bnc#935203
Upstream: never

---
 man/login.defs.5.xml              |    4 ++++
 man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: shadow-4.1.5.1/man/login.defs.5.xml
===================================================================
--- shadow-4.1.5.1.orig/man/login.defs.5.xml
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/man/login.defs.5.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@
       site-specific configuration for the shadow password suite. This file
       is required. Absence of this file will not prevent system operation,
       but will probably result in undesirable operation.
+      ATTENTION: In case you are using PAM for authentication some of the
+      parameters defined in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> are not 
+      going to be evaluated and used. Instead settings defined in the 
+      according PAM configuration are effective.
     </para>
 
     <para>
Index: shadow-4.1.5.1/man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml
===================================================================
--- shadow-4.1.5.1.orig/man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/man/login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_LEN.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
       <option>PASS_MAX_LEN</option> is 8 by default. Don't change unless
       your crypt() is better. This is ignored if
       <option>MD5_CRYPT_ENAB</option> set to
-      <replaceable>yes</replaceable>.
+      <replaceable>yes</replaceable>. Please note: PASS_MAX_LEN and PASS_MIN_LEN are not processed, if
+      PAM is used for authentication.
     </para>
   </listitem>
 </varlistentry>

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