Subject: Re: password lengths...
From: Crystal (cmorillo@kinkaid.org)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 10:31:44 EDT
on 10/6/00 9:21 AM, Steven Karel at karelsf@brandeis.edu wrote:
>> You can only have password not more than 8 characters. See how many
>> characters you can type in password field in AppleTalk.
>>
>> Correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>
> So sorry, but you are wrong. If you are using a recent linux installation
> with MD5 passwords, and you are using DHX, you can have passwords more
> than 8 characters.
>
Steve,
Alex was referring specifically to the interface on the Macintosh side. Sit
at any Macintosh and and bring up the Chooser to log on and you cannot type
any more than 8 characters in the password field. If you can never type more
than 8 characters on the Mac side, then having a password LONGER than 8
chars on the Unix side will effectively render you unable to login into your
Unix box!
C.
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