Subject: Re: passwd bug ?
To: CHAN Yiu Wah <clarence@cs.cuhk.hk>
From: Peter Kelm <kelm@physik.TU-Berlin.DE>
List: current-users
Date: 07/03/1996 21:17:57 
AFAIK it is common that passwd looks at the first eight characters only. I
just cannot recall a different behaviour on _any_ UN*X (incl. Solaris) I
worked with until now.

Peter

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Peter Kelm (kelm@physik.tu-berlin.de)

Technical University Berlin
Physics Department