On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 04:35:13PM +0500, Arshad Mahmood wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I want to ask about Password Length in Red Hat 5.2. At this time
> the maximum password length that is supported is eight characters. If a
> user gives a password more than eight characters then he can log on to
> machine using first eight characters. Is there any way to fix this
> security hole?
> Any comments will be appreciated.
>
Under Debian, for passwords of unlimited length you can
edit /etc/login.defs:
-#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB no
+MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes
I don't remember where RedHat puts this options.
-Erik
--
Erik B. Andersen Web: http://www.xmission.com/~andersen/
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
