Mark Weaver wrote on Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 09:08:44AM -0400 :
>
> you can "use" as many as you want to, however, the system only
> recognizes and uses the first 8 characters of the string, so you're
> typing extra characters that aren't even being used.
Edit the file /etc/pam.d/system-auth. Fi
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 07:08, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Woody,
>
> you can "use" as many as you want to, however, the system only
> recognizes and uses the first 8 characters of the string, so you're
> typing extra characters that aren't even being used.
>
> Mark
Not true.
Since I operate SCO sys
Woody Green wrote:
> While this is vaguely phrased (your subject implies a password length
> limit, but your email body implies a username limit), I will mention
> that I have been using god-awful long passwords in various Linux
> distributions including MDK since 1996. I have seen certain limits
While this is vaguely phrased (your subject implies a password length
limit, but your email body implies a username limit), I will mention
that I have been using god-awful long passwords in various Linux
distributions including MDK since 1996. I have seen certain limits on
usernames at eight char
"Albert E. Whale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have encountered a limit of 8 characters when defining New Users.
> Since this is only one of the many Systems (most of which are Mandrake)
> I manage, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this
> problem.
Are you sure it's 8.2? I reme
Albert E. Whale wrote:
> I have encountered a limit of 8 characters when defining New Users.
> Since this is only one of the many Systems (most of which are Mandrake)
> I manage, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem.
>
> On RedHat I had authentication issues for the pop ser
I have encountered a limit of 8 characters when defining New Users.
Since this is only one of the many Systems (most of which are Mandrake)
I manage, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem.
On RedHat I had authentication issues for the pop server which were
corrected with cha
