From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 19 17:29:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (mail.pioneernet.net [207.115.64.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC41A37B416 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:29:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from there [66.114.152.128] by pioneernet.net (SMTPD32-6.06) id AEEB19FE0032; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:29:15 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: chip To: "Patrick Soltani" , "Scott Aitken" Subject: Re: Accepting passwords of greater length than stored Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:29:36 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] Cc: References: <3DBB075EEB95944492E127F2B9A96FAF0CC437@ultra-exchange.UltraDNS.com> In-Reply-To: <3DBB075EEB95944492E127F2B9A96FAF0CC437@ultra-exchange.UltraDNS.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200112191729675.SM01068@there> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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