Scream: yast Chose: System administration->Security settings->configuration of/etc/login.defs->Maximum length of passwords. (Don't forget to change all the passwords again since they where truncated when you first entered them. Standard login doesn't care but X does (and ssh) Jan -----Original Message----- From: Linux - User [mailto:linux@ods.co.cr] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 19:41 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Passwords > 8 characters ? how-to ?? Hi guys... how do I enable to allow my users to have passwords > 8 characters ? Also... one more question... doe's SuSE use a Shadow file for passwords ? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com