Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:40:22 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: password length limit? Message-ID: <199808061540.IAA24271@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <WWfobGAoEXy1EwPK@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
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>Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:02:32 +0100 >From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> >In article <35C5F93B.2412D6F8@acm.org>, Klaus A. Brunner ><k.brunner@acm.org> writes >>On my FreeBSD 2.2.6 system, I created a user "test1" and assigned it the >>password "asdfgjkl99" (10 characters). However, I can log in using the >>passwords "asdfgjkl" (8 chars) or "asdfgjkl33" (first 8 chars >>identical). It seems that only the first 8 characters of the password >>are significant. >Only the first 8 chars are significant. As to whether this is a bug or a >feature, I guess it depends on your point of view! How about "artifact"? :-} >(As an aside, ssh also behaves in this way) I expect you'll find it common to things that use DES encryption, but not to things that use (say) MD5 encryption. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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