<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>In Ubuntu 14.04 I ran<br></div>man passwd<br></div><div>at the bottom it said:<br>shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 01/27/2016 <wbr> PASSWD(1)<br><br></div><div>Near the beginning of the man page, it says:<br><br>Then, the password is tested for complexity. As a general guideline,<br> passwords should consist of 6 to 8 characters including one or more<br> characters from each of the following sets:<br><br> · lower case alphabetics<br><br> · digits 0 thru 9<br><br> · punctuation marks<br><br></div><div>My suggestion is to change "6 to 8 characters" to "8 to 10 characters" and to add one more set:<br><br> · upper case alphabetics<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><div>--henry schaffer<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><br></div><div>P.S. I haven't checked this man page in Ubuntu 16.04.<br></div></div>
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