From: Birl (sbirl@astro.ocis.temple.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 14:02:38 EST
Thanks to all who responded.
There still does not seem to be an easy method for going beyond 8
characters.
Some people told me modify /etc/default/password, but my understanding is
that this file only affects the minimum number of characters required for
a password to be accepted by the OS.
Another person mentioned PAM and porting it from Linux. I dont have time
to port code from one OS to another. I was looking for a quicker
solution. And as mentioned PAM is not used in all applications.
My assumption is that npasswd will not do the trick.
Thanks again.
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Previous message| The answer is the only way that you
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