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<varlistentry condition="no_pam">
  <term><option>PASS_MAX_LEN</option> (number)</term>
  <term><option>PASS_MIN_LEN</option> (number)</term>
  <listitem>
    <para>
      Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
      <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>.
    </para>
  </listitem>
</varlistentry>