On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Christopher Ray Martin wrote: > On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > > Furthermore I always wondered why there is a limitation of 8 characters. > > > Wouldn't it be a lot harder to crack passwords if only they were > > > allowed to be a little longer? > > > > Agreed. > > -- > > Isn't that the point of using shadow passwords? Aren't they much longer?
The point of shadow passwords is that the file containing the encrypted list is not readable without privelege. /etc/passwd which must be world-readable merely contains x in the password field. The documentation on a shadowed system does not suggest that passwords can be any longer than 8 characters. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
