I think he's remembering crypt'd passwords which have been deprecated
for some time now.
Stuart Sears wrote:
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Flight 800 enlightened us with the following gems on 23/10/05 21:22:
Hey everyone, easy questions here. Is the maximum length allowable for
root's passwd still 8 characters? Or any user for that matter? If so, is
that customizable to allow for, say, 12 characters? Thanks.
- Hunter
as far as I know the max password length is 256 chars (unless this has
changed in RHEL4/FC4). For root and all normal users.
when was it 8 chars?
I have used 12+ char root passwords for several years now.
Regards,
Stuart
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Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX
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