You mean MD5. Yes, you can have passwords bigger than 8 chars if you use MD5 hashes instead of crypt. You can also get the same kind of behavior if you use "bigcrypt". bigcrypt allows you to use passwords up to around 100chars, MD5 allows passwords up to around 128chars. I am not sure about the exact size of the password you are allowed to use, but I know these numbers are close. BTW, MD5 is a selectable option in Redhat since version 5.2/6.0 (one of those.. its nothing new). The /usr/doc/packages/pam/README.md5 has more information about using MD5 passwords. -miah On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 06:05:58PM +0100, Bo Jacobsen wrote:
I understand that the password security of linux can be improved in RH70 by selecting MDE, kerberos or something similar.
I personally is a little tired of having to restrict passwords to max 8 characters because it reduces the security of the password.
If anybody knows how to improve the password security on a SuSE 7.0 system i would appresiate the information.
Thanks in advance Bo Jacobsen bjc@image.dk