commit 33efdded5f66be933aeb0bcc9ea3087551853394 Author: Tomas Mraz <tmraz(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; Date: Thu Dec 20 16:22:47 2012 +0100 pam_cracklib: Mention checks that are not run for root. modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml: Add note about checks when run as root. modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) --- diff --git a/modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml b/modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml index 9c929bf..3f6e76f 100644 --- a/modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml +++ b/modules/pam_cracklib/pam_cracklib.8.xml @@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ changing the password is root. This option is off by default which means that just the message about the failed check is printed but root can change the password anyway. + Note that root is not asked for an old password so the checks + that compare the old and new password are not performed. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry>