Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 15:49:41 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd help (fwd) Message-ID: <199503072049.PAA01281@ns1.win.net>
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> > > >pritchet@scsn.net writes: > > > > Is there a way to make the username/password longer than 8 characters? I'd > > like @ least 12. I'm using 2.0-release.... > > roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) writes: > > The 8 chars limit came from DES. If you want to use longer passwords,you > must not use the seperate securedist (US version) but only the builtin > scheme which use MD5. Beware that when using the MD5 version, you're > not compatible any more with the rest of the world... I think he really wanted longer usernames. Many Unix systems allow more than 8 character user names. One of the systems I badly want to convert/trash/ get-rid-of/burn/eliminate has 10 character user names. It is the last SYSV era machine left here. I am almost done with the changes that I think need to be made for this. I am blowing it out to 16 characters - why not live a little? Its FreeBSD! Regards, Mark Hittinger bugs@win.net
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