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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:26:33 -0300
From: Lucas Brasilino <brasilino@...ife.pe.gov.br>
To: popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: popa3d problem with more than 8 character passwords.
Hi Daniel:
>>12345678 is authenticated.
>>12345678itsafeature? is authenticated...
>>and so on.
>>
>>I'm using RH7.2, PAM 0.74, GLIBC 2.2.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6g
>
>
> i think the problem is in redhat, IIRC, it defaults to normal
> crypt that only supports 8 chars, you have to switch it to
> use MD5 so it can use more than 8 chars
>
> check the /etc/shadow, if the passwords start with $1, its md5,
> if its a 13 chars field with letters and numbers, its using the
> old crypt... note that its even possible that you have a mix
> mode, some with normal crypt, others with the MD5
>
> IIRC, you can change the password setting in /etc/login.defs
Thanks a lot for you explanation :)
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