El jue, 04-12-2003 a las 22:08, Greg Folkert escribiÃ: > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:12, Ruben Porras wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. The following characters don't count. See the > > following example (I've created a new user just to make the test) > > > > $$ adduser test > > Adding user test... > > Adding new group test (1006). > > Adding new user test (1006) with group test. > > Enter new UNIX password: qwertyuiop <-- this, for example 10 letters > > Retype new UNIX password: qwertyuiop > > passwd: password updated successfully > > Changing the user information for test > > Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default > > Full Name []: > > Room Number []: > > Work Phone []: > > Home Phone []: > > Other []: > > Is the information correct? [y/n] y > > > > $$ su test > > Password: qwertyui <--- only 8 letters (qwertyuivnksshfdd, for example > > would be also ok) > > $$ whoami > > test > > > > > > I don't see nothing about this in BTS, I'm puzzled. > Why would it be ib BTS? > > That is standard SOP. If you are root... no password needed on that > unless you have more than traditional *NIX security. > > Remember root OWNS the system. root RULES the roost.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the su command was not executed as root. As other people say it's a problem related with md5 passwd. Thantks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]