* Ben Collins said:
> > > (atleast after today it will be, once the new shadow is installed).
> > Hmm... is that mean that we're gonna switch to the same passwd suite as RH,
> > for example? Too bad... the current passwd has many useful switches (-l -u
> > being two of them...)
>
> No, RedHat doe
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:17:43PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> * Ben Collins said:
>
> > > > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to
> > > > check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
> > > > password is verified?
> > > Just take a look at
* Ben Collins said:
> > > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to
> > > check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
> > > password is verified?
> > Just take a look at the /etc/login.defs and read the description of the
> > MD5_CRYPT_ENAB. Sett
william wailed,
> Anyway, 8 meaningful characters is plenty for adequate security provided
> that your password is a good one.
Unless, of course, it starts with "MyPassword" before getting to the good stuff
:)
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 01:22:31PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> * Gernot Bauer said:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
> It's not a Linux invention, it's the limitation of the Unix DES method of
> encrypting passwords.
> > login-password. I u
* William T Wilson said:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Gernot Bauer wrote:
>
> > I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
> > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system
> > to check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
> > password is ver
* Gernot Bauer said:
> Good morning,
>
> I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
It's not a Linux invention, it's the limitation of the Unix DES method of
encrypting passwords.
> login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to
> check everything of it.
Bah, sorry for the second-posting... I think I should point out that MD5
based password hashing means your /etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow still,
right?) are *not* as portable as they were before MD5. However, FreeBSD, and
I think most PAM-based linux support MD5, probably OpenBSD supports MD5 (It
woul
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:08:23PM +0200, Gernot Bauer wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
> login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to
> check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
> password is
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Gernot Bauer wrote:
> I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
> login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system
> to check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
> password is verified?
You're stuck with it. The fo
Good morning,
I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the
login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to
check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole
password is verified?
Thank you, Gery
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