From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 4 19:57: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from sentry.granch.ru (sentry.granch.ru [212.20.5.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0576E14A2E; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 19:56:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shelton@sentry.granch.ru) Received: from localhost (IDENT:shelton@localhost.granch.ru [127.0.0.1]) by sentry.granch.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA02718; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:56:24 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:56:24 +0700 (NOVST) From: "Rashid N. Achilov" To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long username/password In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE. What can I make usernames and passwords longer than 8 > > bytes? > > Don't install the DES libcrypt libraries; DES passwords are 8 characters, > MD5 are (effectively) infinite. Long user names are already supported, I > do believe. I think, DES isn't default crypt to passwords. I check password validation - used password at 11 chars, made mistake at last - login incorrect (2.2.8 say "correct" :-) ). At installation I install DES base libraries, than sometime I found one software, demand at it. With Best Regards. Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Cert. ID: 28514, Granch Ltd. lead engineer e-mail: achilov@granch.ru, tel (383-2) 24-2363 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message