Re: bug or feature?
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.
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David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
U.K. email: d.wright@open.ac.uk tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151
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