From: Kevin Sindhu (kevin.a.sindhu@mail.ac)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 02:21:04 EDT
Kevin Sindhu wrote:
> Hiya folks,
>
> I'm trying to find a solution to this, so I'm wondering if anyone
> can help (will summarize). I'm trying to change the passwords from
> default __crypt__ to blowfish on Solaris 9 08/03. However, I ^can^
> change the hashing to blowfish in /etc/shadow but I still can get
> authenticated with only the first 8 chars. I've checked
> /etc/default/passwd and changed PASSLENGTH to 16 and 256 with no avail.
> Is there a way in Solaris 9 to have passwords longers than 8 chars
> (authentication from files)?
Thanks to Casper Dik, I was able to find a solution this problem. I
was bitten by this problem I had modified the pam.conf when I
installed Titan (a security module that secures your Solaris
installs). Once I replaced the original pam.conf, the password length
started working again. I've written up a small how-to for people
interested in changing from default crypt() weak passwords to Blowfish
in Solaris 9 (release > 08/02) - Available here:
http://www.open-systems.org/users/bruno/solarispasswords.html
Other Solution as proposed by Steve Sandau was to use npasswd. -
http://www.utexas.edu/cc/unix/software/npasswd/
Thank you managers.
Kind Regards,
-Kevin
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