Subject: Re: user passwords in SuSE 8.0
From: W.D.McKinney (deem@wdm.com)
Date: Fri Aug 30 2002 - 14:41:21 AKDT
As I recall, there was a workaround on the suse-linux-e mail list.
Archives are at http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/
Best Regards,
Dee
On (30/08/02 14:07), Justin Dieters wrote:
>
>
> I came across a curious (stupid?) limitation in SuSE 8.0.. User
> passwords are limited to 8 characters. Trying to set up or change
> passwords through Yast2 will not let you go more than 8 characters, and
> when using 'passwd' at the command line, it simply says 'truncating
> password to 8 characters'. Anyone out there know how to, or have any
> ideas how to get around this so I can specify longer passwords?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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