Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:59:38 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Stanaford <richard@cube3.erinet.com> To: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Characters Not Required??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980319134217.4796A-100000@cube3.erinet.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980319095638.033a8cb0@ccsales.com>
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Indeed it is normal. FreeBSD takes only the first 8 significant characters and then truncates the rest. This is not FreeBSD specific. BSDI is the same way, along with Solaris and other flavors of Unix, I believe. Please don't crosspost.. this question did not have to go to -stable. :-) - Richard. On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Randy A. Katz wrote: > 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-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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