Re: [users@httpd] Authentication on Solaris fails when password > 8 chars and using MD5 encoded passwords (or digest)

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:24:06PM +0200, marcel.kuiper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When replacing getpass() with getpassphrase() on Solaris (does the same but
> with passwords up to 256 chars) all works fine but this is not a portable
> solution I guess.
> Another option would be truncating the password that the client had send to
> 8 chars before validating (but many people like longer passwords for their
> better strength)
> 
> Any thoughts for a portable fix?

2.0.x (really, APR) will use getpassphrase() if available.

Regards,

joe



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