Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:12:39 +0100 (WET) | From | Antonio Miguel Ferreira Marques Trindade <> | Subject | Re: Passwd problem in RH5.2 |
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On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Hoang Manh Hung wrote:
> I installed RH5.2, and I setup password of root 10 char length. > But when login, I just typed 8 char and the <#> prompt appeared!!! >
It's just normal behaviour. The algorithm used to encode the password ignores everything longer than 8 characters.
Regards, Antonio Trindade.
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