Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 11:58:40 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: password length limit? Message-ID: <199808061900.MAA01561@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <WWfobGAoEXy1EwPK@i-zone.demon.co.uk> References: <35C5F93B.2412D6F8@acm.org> <35C5F93B.2412D6F8@acm.org>
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At 10:02 AM 8/6/98 +0100, John wrote: >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! > >(As an aside, ssh also behaves in this way) > >-- >John I think only the first 8 characters become significant *after* you install the DES and kerberos libraries. On my 2.2.6 laptop, I installed DES simply so I could su more quickly (normally my root password is >20 characters, just to be paranoid). After installing DES, i only need to enter the first 8 characters and I'm root! --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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