HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently
truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion
users grappling with this limit. (It caused a some puzzlement for me
with cvs too, but APR won't help that ;) )
The hint from Joe is to set ac_cv_func_getpas
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
> HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently
> truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion
> users grappling with this limit. (It caused a some puzzlement for me
> with cvs too, but A
Joe makes a good point, +1 for this change when we roll over into 2.0.
Bill
At 01:30 PM 12/1/2004, Joe Orton wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>> HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently
>> truncates after 8 characters. There are
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>
>
> > HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently
> > truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion
> > users
At 11:09 AM 12/3/2004, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>>
>> > HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently
>> > truncates after 8 characters. Th
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:09:23PM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> > But the trade-off is also against backwards-compatibility of APR, right?
> > Use of long passwords could "break" when upgrading to a new version of
> > APR
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:31:56 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:09:23PM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>
>
> > > But the trade-off is also against backwards-compatibility of APR, rig