password weird problem

[Anonymous]

last night  i mistyped my r00t password, and then i found out

that my linux (rh 5.2) examine only 6 characters from my psswd ( 8 characters) ,let's say  my password is "hellothe" , then my linux examine

only "hellot"

 

i just reinstall linux and i get the same result

 

 

 

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