Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:20:07 +0200 From: universe <universe@truemetal.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wierd! Message-ID: <3AE2F6A7.C7C0ED4C@truemetal.org>
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that's because you're using DES as the encryption algorithm. therefore your passwords are restricted to 8 characters (you could type ViewSonik or ViewSoni9, it makes no difference as long as the first 8 chars are correct). if you choose to use MD5 as the algorithm, it will allow you passwords up to 256 characters. markus Nader Turki wrote: > > hi there, > > I installed FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE like 2 weeks ago and last week i > upgraded to FreeBSD 4.3-RC. > > I have the shell and there's something weird about it. I set my password > to "ViewSonic" but the thing is both "ViewSonic" and "ViewSonix" work > ... > > I just though to let you know .... maybe something wrong with my system? > not sure > > thanks, > > nader > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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