Re: post installation and reboot tasks (was Re: diskles-image-*)

[Mike Touloumtzis <miket@bluemug.com>]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 07:36:43AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Thu Jan 06, 2000 at 12:48:10AM -0800, Mike Touloumtzis wrote:
> > 
> > Description: Enter a username for your account
> >   Select a username for the new account.  Your username
> >   should be eight characters or fewer.  If your first name
> >   fits, it is a reasonable choice.
> >   .
> >   Traditionally, Linux usernames are entirely lower
> >   case for ease of typing.  All-caps usernames and space
> >   characters will cause problems and should be avoided.
> 
> Ewww. 8 char passwords? Why don't we turn on md5 passwords of up to
> say 128 chars as the default? Those wanting traditional passwords, can
> change it back.
> 

I was actually only thinking of the username length,
not the password length.  MD5 passwords would be cool,
but I don't know the ramifications of using them.

miket