-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09-May-2002/14:24 +0100, Ragnar Wiencke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My english is not so very good and when I am reading manuals, how to's >and man pages I get a bit confused when I see either password or >passphrase or both even. Would someone be so nice to explain the >difference of those two for me?
They really mean the same thing: something you type in to prove who you are. But "passphrase" means that it can be very long and contain spaces. "Password" usually means just a few characters (6-15). Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE82q/6pCpg3WyUI50RAhr2AJ94GcQCOjUr064+UJI+UweuOW5TbwCg1qNW LJN53bbnEercHwQ07Q3Bgzg= =Z9H8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
