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that works perfect, thanks!. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:34:02 -0600 "Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:22:03 -0300 > Diego Crivelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > I created a user on my woody box with adduser and when prompted for > > the password I wrote a word with more than 8 characters. But I can > > login by supply only the first 8 characters. I tried changing the > > 'maxlength' value on login.defs, didn't work. So, how can I use > > passwords of more than 8 characters?. Thanks. > <snip> > > Howdy Diego, > > As root, run "dpkg-reconfigure passwd". It will bring up a dialog box > asking if you want to enable md5 passwords - answer Yes, and then it > will allow you to use passwords longer than 8 characters. > > HTH, > Jacob > > ----- > GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 > > Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware > - -- Ing. Diego E. Crivelli Laboratorio de Comunicaciones Digitales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Tel./Fax: +54 351-4334147 Int.105 http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu Gpg key: http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu/pubkeys/diego_pub_key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/35h2engLLSbTFroRApgzAJwK4WL4p2bEESHRNj/H/DnxsStQ7QCeOcgz tHyen41Cv/JYGhvEnn+Iq8s= =CS1A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
