Justin, On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 at 11:43, Justin Hahn wrote: > > pam_password crypt > > This is the cause right there. UNIX crypt only allows 8 character passwords > > > crypt md5 > > AFAIAW, this has no effect.
I was under the impression that this combination would work. Obviously I read wrong. Thank you very much for pointing it out. > I think it's an obsoleted config variable. If you want long passwords you > need to use MD5 passwords or kerberos. I'd recommend doing this in your > ldap.conf > > pam_password exop > > NOTE: This only works with OpenLDAP. This will give you what you're looking > for. You'll need to change your password for it to take effect. This WORKS!!! :) :) :) Thank you very much. What's better, this is "backward compatible" in that the old crypted passwords work fine, as well. Plus newly changed passwords are significant to... well I haven't tested but definitely more than 8 characters. :) Thank you very one. --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator :: The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key: http://jijo.leathercollection.ph/jijo.gpg _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
