Vox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > PAM in 8.1 isnt set to use MD5, therefore users can have passwords >8chars > > but u can login using only the 1st 8. > > Mmmm...I just tried this...I have a 14char password and tried > logging in at a console with just the first 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 > chars...none of them worked. Had to use all 14 chars to log in. And > I have mdk8.1 with pam-0.75-7mdk and I have *not* changed the line > you mentioned...this is my file, just as it came from the pam > package:
the pb only happens if you used "passwd" to change your password. perl -F: -ane 'print if length $F[1] > 3 && $F[1] !~ /^\$1\$/' /etc/shadow this gives the entries having weak old crypt passwords. If you set the password during install, no pb :-/ Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > [root@teich sandra]# rpm -V passwd > S.5....T c /etc/pam.d/passwd > > Seems like I have modified the file... Can't remember that I did (which > doesn't mean anything *G*). DrakX used to modify this (together with /etc/pam.d/login and rlogin). I don't remember when it was removed.
