From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 19 10:38:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12211 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:38:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from techpower.net (hometeam@techpower.net [205.133.231.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12179; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:38:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Received: from localhost (hometeam@localhost) by techpower.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA00451; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:36:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hometeam@techpower.net) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:36:40 -0500 (EST) From: Jt To: "Randy A. Katz" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Characters Not Required??? In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980319095638.033a8cb0@ccsales.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Every try your ATM same thing .. hometeam@techpower.net --We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd-- -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 owEBqwBU/4kAlQMFADRCxNWhsddKSTR+6QEBelED/jzeC3btZfqSdIfrNoCgwUJJ iNQ33UQoMyJ2ygkfl72xP5J79yml/F4P73GnNaDVbaMOmOG2NNAi5ElE73wRh54U 17kH+n5XnYeqekV8T2TG2Q6ex3UotXPyZ1vvrCrSxapOz6a4hh0GQeA55rcwLy2W ROHwxfvaVsrX5iVOkRoerBFiC21lc3NhZ2UudHh0AAAAAA== =jCvF -----END PGP MESSAGE----- On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Randy A. Katz wrote: > This password has been assigned to a username, looks good doesn't it? > > tBnq2s3l9Bz > > Under FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE AND 2.2.6-STABLE the user can also use JUST THE > FIRST 8 CHARACTERS OF THE PASSWORD TO GAIN ACCESS. > > In other words, these passwords also work: > > tBnq2s3l9B > tBnq2s3l9 > tBnq2s3l > > In addition, these passwords will work: > > tBnq2s3lASDF > tBnq2s3la@343 > tBnq2s3l2938.239847 > > 1. Is this normal? > 2. Is it sane? > 3. Is it posted somewhere? > > PS - In case anyone asks, this is for telnet access. > > Thanx, > Randy Katz > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message