Hi, I have been merrily using crypt to encrypt a password file. I discovered tonight that it is only encrypting the first eight characters. Therefore when a user enters a password, and I encrypt it and compare it to the encrypted passwords in the file, only the first eight letters matter. (I am using a fixed salt.) coconuts12 encrypts the same as coconuts99 or for that matter the same as coconutsandbananas Is this how it is supposed to work or is it just too late and I am doing something silly? Thanks, Fred _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activeperl
