* Gernot Bauer said: > Good morning, > > I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the It's not a Linux invention, it's the limitation of the Unix DES method of encrypting passwords. > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to > check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole > password is verified? Just take a look at the /etc/login.defs and read the description of the MD5_CRYPT_ENAB. Setting this option to "on" makess the passwd suite use the MD5 digest encryption algorithm which doesn't have the limitation of DES.
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