Re: extrange passwd behaviour
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:12:22PM +0100, Ruben Porras wrote:
> I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8
> characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the
> following example (I've created a new user just to make the test)
This is how the "standard" Unix passwords work, and that is the default
on Debian (I don't quite know why, but it is). It's not a bug, it's by
design.
Install libpam0g (if you don't already have it installed) and enable md5
passwords to get more secure passwords.
--- Wade
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