Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:29:36 -0800 From: chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Patrick Soltani" <psoltani@ultradns.com>, "Scott Aitken" <scotta@whoever.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Accepting passwords of greater length than stored Message-ID: <200112191729675.SM01068@there> In-Reply-To: <3DBB075EEB95944492E127F2B9A96FAF0CC437@ultra-exchange.UltraDNS.com> References: <3DBB075EEB95944492E127F2B9A96FAF0CC437@ultra-exchange.UltraDNS.com>
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FWIW, I ssh from 4.4-r to 4.4-r and it accepts only the exact password. I see y= ou=20 are using -stable though. I have telnet turned off, only use ssh, so can'= t=20 duplicate telnet. Is this unique to -stable? -- Chip On Wednesday 19 December 2001 04:44 pm, Patrick Soltani wrote: > Yup, that's the case and I tested it on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE. > What's up with that? Is it a feature or a bug? > > Regards, > Patrick Soltani. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Aitken [mailto:scotta@whoever.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:47 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Accepting passwords of greater length than stored > > > Hi all, > Does any know why when SSHing to a FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE box succeeds when > you > enter a password LONGER than the password on the system? The initial > part > must match the password, but it doesn't seem to matter if you just keep > on > typing. > I assume it also has nothing to do SSH, as ProFTPd suffers from the saf= e > symptom, but I am unable to test telnet at the moment. > Thanks > Scott > =20 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> Windows 95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patc= h to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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