Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:28:33 -0500 From: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> To: Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: lengthen passwd in 3.5-S Message-ID: <20010317152833.D90345@databits.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103171509130.3725-100000@karry.shadowdale.net>; from hey9811@yahoo.com on Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 03:19:36PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103171509130.3725-100000@karry.shadowdale.net>
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You'll want to change over to MD5 passwords (the ones that start with $1$ and are generally longer). You might want to read: http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/crypt.html Regards, -pete ++ 17/03/01 15:19 -0600 - Virtual Bob: >How to I enlarge (change) allowable password length in 3.5-S? I did quick >look through /usr/src/usr.bin/passwd.c but couldn't quite figure out where >this limit is hard-coded/defined... > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> Databits Network Services, Inc. <http://databits.net>; finger petef@databits.net for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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