On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Buddha M Buck wrote:

> (that'll teach me to use a 11-character root password). 

Unless you changed your system, only the first 8 have any significance.
(Part of the shadow password suite allows extended length passwords.)

i.e.
'oneverylongpassword' == 'oneveryl'

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