Subject: Re: passwd bug ?
To: CHAN Yiu Wah <clarence@cs.cuhk.hk>
From: Mark Willey <willeyma@expert.cc.purdue.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 07/03/1996 17:38:33
CHAN Yiu Wah writes:
>
> I recent change the password of a user with the length of the password >
> 8 chars (eg. abcdefgh!!). When I login using the changed password user
> id, I could login with the password (e.g. abcdefgh). Is this a bug of
> the passwd. Anyone knows about this. please advise.
No bug... the passwords are only sensitive to the first 8 characters.
Mark