Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:36:37 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: password length default install Message-ID: <423B0395.4060705@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <20050318151958.GB36966@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20050318151958.GB36966@lothlorien.nagual.st>
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Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > What is the password lenght one may use at login? I didn't change the > defaults on my fbsd-4.11 (login passwd md5 ??) > > I remember linux had as default some eight chars or so. I want to use > more chars for some accounts. Can I safely use 10-12 chars? > # man passwd (4.x) The new password should be at least six characters long (which may be overridden using the login.conf(5) ``minpasswordlen'' setting for a user's login class) and not purely alphabetic. Its total length must be less than _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128 characters). -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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