Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:29:54 -0700 (PDT) From: David Syphers <dsyphers@igpp.llnl.gov> To: syang@directhit.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how come my passwords can only be 8 characters long? Message-ID: <199808272229.PAA01430@beowulf.llnl.gov> In-Reply-To: <35E5C42D.576806D4@dal.net>
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On 27 Aug, Studded wrote: > Steven Yang wrote: >> >> Hi, it seems that all passwords are limited to 8 characters. > > I'm confused by this. Why does it seem so? And are you sure that you > mean passwords and not usernames? > >> I'm using >> FreeBSD 2.2.5 and 2.2.6. Is there a way to make passwords longer? > > If you actually mean passwords, my guess is that DES is installed on > that machine. You want to rebuild or reinstall the system without that > option. If you mean usernames, it's fairly simple to rebuild the system > to use > 8 character usernames. Either write the list or write me > privately and I'll give you info on that. You might want to check out http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ219.html#219 first. -David Syphers "Stop turning into a penguin!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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