Quoting Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I've discovered that login, sudo, gdm only take care of the first 8 > > characters of the passwd. > Dont know why and for which debian versions it is default, I have some mixed > ones.
Why? Because it uses DES and DES uses 56 bit keys. Eight 7 bit chars give you exactly 56 bits... I've always wondered if the high bit does indeed make no difference. Right now, I have only Solaris to try. ... Nope, the high bit is ignored on Solaris. I'll have to try this at home tonight with Debian and FreeBSD. Lupe Christoph -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | "Violence is the resort of the violent" Lu Tze | | "Thief of Time", Terry Pratchett | ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
