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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-26 16:18:37 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-26 16:18:37 +0000
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parentAdding debian version 1:4.13+dfsg1-5. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 1:4.15.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
index bd2d117..f4a83c2 100644
--- a/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
+++ b/man/chgpasswd.8.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
-->
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS.xml">
<!ENTITY ENCRYPT_METHOD SYSTEM "login.defs.d/ENCRYPT_METHOD.xml">
<!ENTITY MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.xml">
<!ENTITY MD5_CRYPT_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.xml">
<!ENTITY SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS.xml">
+<!ENTITY YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR.xml">
<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
]>
@@ -88,12 +90,16 @@
<term><option>-c</option>, <option>--crypt-method</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Use the specified method to encrypt the passwords.</para>
- <para condition="no_sha_crypt">
- The available methods are DES, MD5, and NONE.
- </para>
- <para condition="sha_crypt">
- The available methods are DES, MD5, NONE, and SHA256 or SHA512
- if your libc support these methods.
+ <para>
+ The available methods are <phrase condition="bcrypt">
+ <replaceable>BCRYPT</replaceable>,</phrase>
+ <replaceable>DES</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable>MD5</replaceable><phrase condition="sha_crypt">,
+ <replaceable>SHA256</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable>SHA512</replaceable></phrase><phrase condition="yescrypt">,
+ <replaceable>YESCRYPT</replaceable></phrase> and
+ <replaceable>NONE</replaceable>
+ if your libc supports these methods.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -131,29 +137,49 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry condition="sha_crypt">
+ <varlistentry condition="bcrypt;sha_crypt;yescrypt">
<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--sha-rounds</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use the specified number of rounds to encrypt the passwords.
</para>
<para>
- The value 0 means that the system will choose the default
- number of rounds for the crypt method (5000).
+ You can only use this option with crypt method:
+ <phrase condition="bcrypt">
+ <replaceable>BCRYPT</replaceable></phrase>
+ <phrase condition="sha_crypt">
+ <replaceable>SHA256</replaceable>
+ <replaceable>SHA512</replaceable></phrase>
+ <phrase condition="yescrypt">
+ <replaceable>YESCRYPT</replaceable></phrase>
</para>
- <para>
- A minimal value of 1000 and a maximal value of 999,999,999
- will be enforced.
+ <para condition="bcrypt">
+ By default, the number of rounds for BCRYPT is defined by the
+ BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS and BCRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS variables in
+ <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
</para>
- <para>
- You can only use this option with the SHA256 or SHA512
- crypt method.
+ <para condition="bcrypt">
+ A minimal value of 4 and a maximal value of 31
+ will be enforced for BCRYPT. The default number of rounds is 13.
</para>
- <para>
- By default, the number of rounds is defined by the
- SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS and SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS variables in
+ <para condition="sha_crypt">
+ By default, the number of rounds for SHA256 or SHA512 is defined by
+ the SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS and SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS variables in
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
</para>
+ <para condition="sha_crypt">
+ A minimal value of 1000 and a maximal value of 999,999,999
+ will be enforced for SHA256 and SHA512. The default number of rounds
+ is 5000.
+ </para>
+ <para condition="yescrypt">
+ By default, the number of rounds for YESCRYPT is defined by the
+ YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
+ </para>
+ <para condition="yescrypt">
+ A minimal value of 1 and a maximal value of 11
+ will be enforced for YESCRYPT. The default number of rounds is 5.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@@ -179,10 +205,12 @@
tool:
</para>
<variablelist>
+ &BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS; <!--This also document BCRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS-->
&ENCRYPT_METHOD;
&MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP;
&MD5_CRYPT_ENAB;
&SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS; <!--This also document SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS-->
+ &YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>