big problem with password length

[g.digiambelardini at fabaris.it (Gabriele Di Giambelardini)]

I to all, 
I have a big problem with my fedora-ds-1.0.4-1.RHEL4, my passwords are "CRYPT"

the problem:

when I change the password an one user es 123456789 the fedara-ds register only the fiirst 8 character. so If I try to login is sufficient write the password 12345678 the last character isn't necessary..

How I can force fedora-ds to register oll my password characters? 


thanks....