Hi, don't mention _PASSWORD_LEN in passwd manpage. It's also no longer true, since Rev1.52, local_passwd.c uses 1024 bytes for the password array.
Greetings Ben Index: passwd.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvs/src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.1,v retrieving revision 1.46 diff -u -p -r1.46 passwd.1 --- passwd.1 23 Apr 2019 17:52:12 -0000 1.46 +++ passwd.1 14 Apr 2021 08:59:39 -0000 @@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ The new password must be entered twice t .Pp The new password should be at least six characters long and not purely alphabetic. -Its total length must be less than -.Dv _PASSWORD_LEN -(currently 128 characters). A mixture of both lower and uppercase letters, numbers, and meta-characters is encouraged. .Pp
