> > There is the server end and there is the viewer end. Why can't the > > servers vary in the number of characters in a password? Does the > > viewer need to know the number of characters accepted by > the server? > > Why can't the server just ignore trailing characters and the server > > always send what was entered? > > I agree with you, Mike. This has nothing to do with > cross-platform compatibility. And it's not contradictory to > cross-platform compatibility either. IMHO, I would rather > say this is just a matter of coding. The win version was > based on Unix version, so they probably tried to write > similar functions for win version.
You are wrong. Because certain platforms only provide the first eight characters of passwords entered by the user via getpasswd(), the server assumes the same limitation, whether or not the limitation actually exists on the server platform. If it didn't assume that, then you would find that you could log in with a "long" password from a viewer on one platform, while it would be *impossible* to login from a viewer running on one of the limited platforms. Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
