Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:19:49 -0500 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: tak.official@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD maximum password length Message-ID: <CALBk6yLTfCGDXkxCL19kfuVQRp5BngR=ZS8kXz3DkJVJUMGWFQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPkyVLw7_xJwSMGSkfPdSrxrj46L9rV0DqbK0wuhZPnjq-jsKg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPkyVLw=m5-3HX7YC-Zqm=OgTLMhNYq4trBSWso8qEmPzqV38Q@mail.gmail.com> <op.wytlieyz34t2sn@tech304.office.supranet.net> <CAPkyVLw7_xJwSMGSkfPdSrxrj46L9rV0DqbK0wuhZPnjq-jsKg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:35 AM, takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Mark, for your helpful answer :)
>
> yes, i am aware of the max username length of 16characters.. I just wanted
> to become sure about password max length, cause i need to moderate it in my
> self-built user interface..
>
> Thank you again :)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> wrote:
>
>> There isn't a max password length as far as I'm aware, but there is a max
>> username length that drive me insane sometimes. I should really file a PR
>> about that...
Perhaps your PR is unnecessary:
$ svn log -v -r243023 /usr/src/sys/sys/param.h
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r243023 | bapt | 2012-11-14 04:58:12 -0600 (Wed, 14 Nov 2012) | 8 lines
Changed paths:
M /head/sys/sys/param.h
Allow usernames up to 32 chars
PR: kern/161091 [1],
misc/133926 [2]
Submitted by: Stephane Lapie <darksoul@darkbsd.org> [1],
Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> [2]
Reviewed by: cognet, kib
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The above would have saved me a few local diffs as well a few years ago...
-Brandon
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