Hello,

I am having a problem with the password in Unix.
Say your Unix password is "abcdef12" if you try to login with the password s
ay
"abcdef12a" you are able to login with out complaning about the incorrect pa
ssword.
Why is so? and is any information related to it.

Thanks & Regards
Jakir

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jakir@coolgoose.com (Jakir) writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am having a problem with the password in Unix. Say your Unix
> password is "abcdef12" if you try to login with the password say
> "abcdef12a" you are able to login with out complaning about the
> incorrect password. Why is so? and is any information related to it.

Apparently your Unix system truncates passwords at eight characters.
This is just how some of them work.  Most modern systems tend to have
a higher limit, typically 255 characters.  Depending on your system,
it may be possible to configure it to use another authentication
method with longer passwords.

--
Måns Rullgård
mru@mru.ath.cx

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Jakir wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having a problem with the password in Unix.
> Say your Unix password is "abcdef12" if you try to login with the
> password say "abcdef12a" you are able to login with out complaning
> about the incorrect password. Why is so? and is any information
> related to it.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Jakir

Some systems have a max of 8 chars for the password.

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Nick

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