Note that you probably _do_ want to use md5 passwords, since they're more secure, and do allow you more characters in the password.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Warren Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Password length limit of 8 chars. SLES8 system Have never done it myself but I believe you want to look at /etc/login.defs: # # Number of significant characters in the password for crypt(). # Default is 8, don't change unless your crypt() is better. # Ignored if the "md5" or "blowfish" option is given to the # pam_pwcheck module. # PASS_MAX_LEN 8 James Melin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/22/2004 09:51 AM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [LINUX-390] Password length limit of 8 chars. SLES8 system Is there a way to increase this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
