From: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@stoeckmann.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: etc/login.defs: Clarify PASS_MAX_LEN usage
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etc/login.defs: Clarify PASS_MAX_LEN usage

The PASS_MAX_LEN option is only used with DES.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@stoeckmann.org>
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diff --git a/etc/login.defs b/etc/login.defs
index 4f60724ec..966724c72 100644
--- a/etc/login.defs
+++ b/etc/login.defs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ PASS_ALWAYS_WARN	yes
 #
 # Number of significant characters in the password for crypt().
 # Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better.
-# Ignored if MD5_CRYPT_ENAB set to "yes".
+# Only used for DES encryption algorithm.
 #
 #PASS_MAX_LEN		8