Subject: Re: password lengths...
From: David R Bosso (dbosso@ltsc.ucsb.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 11:16:32 EDT
Is this new in 1.5? I'm running asun-pre39 on RedHat 6.2 with DHX, and
from my OS9 G4 client, I get an alert saying "You have entered more
characters than the maximum number allowed" if I type more than 8. Do you
get this alert also?
-David
--On Friday, October 6, 2000 10:59 AM -0400 Steven Karel
<karelsf@brandeis.edu> wrote:
> Crystal (&al)
>
> What Alex said IS true for older macs. It is NOT true if you use DHX on
> newer AppleShare clients (use 3.8.6 and connect to a server offering DHX
> login). True, the field for the password is 8 characters wide, and you
> won't SEE a result of typing more than 8 characters. however, you can type
> as many characters as you want into that field, and they ARE significant.
>
> I should know -- my password on my favorite linux desktop is nine
> characters long. Typing the first 8 in the AppleShare dialog box doesn't
> work; typing the ninth character does.
>
> steven
>
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