Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] denying access
From: Edan Idzerda (edan@mtu.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 21 1998 - 13:22:40 EST
On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Andrew McNabb wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Gregor Retti wrote:
> > there is a restcrition on password length for AFPservers (at least for
> > MacOS < 8) of 8 chars. so if you force the UNIX-only users to have longer
> > passwords, they wont be able to log in via appletalk (not very smooth but
> > might be a workaround).
> >
>
> The same restriction applies to all of the UNIX machines that I have ever
> used.
The Unix machine will simply truncate the password at 8 characters.
It won't deny access or complain. At least, that is the case with all
of the Unix machines I use on a regular basis.
- edan
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