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bobjonesiscool
08-07-2002, 11:59 AM
Whenever I set passwords in the terminal using passwd, the passwords are truncated to 8 characters. How do I prevent this from happening?

I'm using Suse 8.0.

Thanks.
mdwatts
08-07-2002, 05:35 PM
Change (uncomment if necessary)

PASS_MAX_LEN 8

in /etc/login.defs