Re: password length > 8
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that works perfect, thanks!.
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:34:02 -0600
"Jacob S." <stormspotter@6texans.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:22:03 -0300
> Diego Crivelli <dcrivelli@com.uncor.edu> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > I created a user on my woody box with adduser and when prompted for
> > the password I wrote a word with more than 8 characters. But I can
> > login by supply only the first 8 characters. I tried changing the
> > 'maxlength' value on login.defs, didn't work. So, how can I use
> > passwords of more than 8 characters?. Thanks.
> <snip>
>
> Howdy Diego,
>
> As root, run "dpkg-reconfigure passwd". It will bring up a dialog box
> asking if you want to enable md5 passwords - answer Yes, and then it
> will allow you to use passwords longer than 8 characters.
>
> HTH,
> Jacob
>
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