Maximum Number of Usable Chars in Password

[Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu>]

I searched (web and source code), but didn't find ... :(


Short passwords are not good.  Long passwords are better.

But how long can they effectively be?  I.e., if I enter 100 chars into
the 'passwd' command, how many are actually used?

All 100? ... I kind of doubt it ...

I want to use the longest password possible in "wheezy", but don't want
to enter extra chars if, in fact, they are ignored.

Thanks for your comments!

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Prof Kenneth H Jacker (ret)   khj@cs.appstate.edu
Computer Science Dept         www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
Appalachian State Univ
Boone, NC  28608  USA