In message <3B264530.2A525750@tgivan.com>, Kevin Sindhu writes:
>Hello,
>
>As of now, on my -current snapshot, the password length is 8 chars.
>Anything more is ignored, and only the first 8 chars are taken. Many
>other OS's for example, Gnu/Linux, OpenBSD etc. support 128 chars
>and/or Md5 passwords
>
>Is there a reason for this? Or better yet, a proposal when this can be
>seen...

See passwd.conf(5).


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb