Re: Linux checks only 8 chars of the password...
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 verified?
Gery, from the /usr/doc/passwd/README.debian.gz:
---MD5 Encryption
If you set MD5_CRYPT_ENAB=yes in /etc/login.defs, passwords will be
encrypted with an MD5-based algorithm. It also supports of passwords
of unlimited length and longer salt strings.
Of course, I think this requires you have shadowpasswords installed.
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