On 16 Aug 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > It's too bad we can't support longer passwords. Not only are longer > ones easier to remember sometimes, but they are harder to break. > Something along the lines of the PGP passphrase.
I've noticed something curious on various Unices: I can have a 27-character-long password any time I want. For logins, though, login only cares about the first eight characters. But to change the password, I have to enter the entire thing. I haven't tried this on Linux (yet); I'm talking more along the lines of SunOS, Solaris 2.x, maybe AIX 3.x. > I'm sure there's some historical, or backward compatibility reason why > we can't... Sure, that's probably the reason. The cult of "backward compatibility" IS, after all, responsible for far more heinous crimes, such as DOS' longevity... David [EMAIL PROTECTED] aka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 3503 WeH, x86720 Go to http://www.harrybrowne96.org/ MTFBWY