Max Passwd Length
Flight 800
Flight800 at comcast.net
Sun Oct 23 21:15:57 UTC 2005
> as far as I know the max password length is 256 chars (unless
> this has changed in RHEL4/FC4). For root and all normal
> users. when was it 8 chars? I have used 12+ char root
> passwords for several years now.
Yeh you're right, I tested it. Dunno why I didn't just test it prior to
posting to the list. Lazy I guess...
I read off of google that the limit used to be 8 characters.
best,
Hunter
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