Max Passwd Length
Harry Hoffman
hhoffman at ip-solutions.net
Sun Oct 23 20:10:48 UTC 2005
I think he's remembering crypt'd passwords which have been deprecated
for some time now.
Stuart Sears wrote:
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>>Hey everyone, easy questions here. Is the maximum length allowable for
>>root's passwd still 8 characters? Or any user for that matter? If so, is
>>that customizable to allow for, say, 12 characters? Thanks.
>>
>>- Hunter
>>
>
> 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.
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> Regards,
>
> Stuart
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> Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX
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