> 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.

Maybe.  This - truncating the password to 8 chars - is "traditional
UNIX" behavior.  By default, NetBSD's passwd uses a different hashing
algorithm, one that among other things makes all characters in the
password significant.

However, if you're using YP, by default it uses the traditional,
compatible-with-the-rest-of-the-world algorithm.  Was this a YP
password change by any chance?

If it was a local change and you didn't explicitly tell passwd to be
compatible with traditional hashing, it probably is a bug.

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