Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 04:52:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: rjk191@psu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two questions: makecontext, etc; password length Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0004080448400.3042-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <slrn8941ce.8bv.ray@rjk191.rh.psu.edu>
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> 2) Why are passwords limited to 8 characters? Whether it be xdm,
> login, or su, only the first 8 characters are processed, and the
> rest of the text can be anything I want, or nothing at all. I was
> under the impression that the maximum length of passwords was 25
> characters.
In the FreeBSD 4.0 getpass(3) it says:
The password may be up to _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128) characters in
length. Any additional characters and the terminating newline
character are discarded.
The date on that man page is June 4, 1993.
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Trevor Johnson
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