>From the 'user' table in the 'mysql' database:
mysql> describe user;
+-----------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-----------------+---------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Host | char(60) | | PRI | | |
| User | char(16) | | PRI | | |
| password | char(16) | | | | |
.....
Looks like it is 16? :)
(You might be able to alter this yourself, BUT I will not guarantee that
it won't break anything)
Atle
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Tyrone Mills wrote:
> My apologies if this is an easy question. I've looked at the docs in the
> privilege section and haven't found a mention of the max length of password
> for MySQL. I want to set a fairly long one for each of my web servers that
> will be hitting my database server. Incase it is important, I'm running
> 3.23.33 on Redhat 7.0.
>
> Anyone know how long they can go?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tyrone
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