Re: crypt passwd length problems in 7.1 -> 7.2 upgrade

[J Hayward <jhayward worldnet att net>]

On Monday 26 November 2001 03:47 pm, you wrote:
> After doing both an upgrade from RH 7.1 -> RH 7.2, and a from scratch
> install of RH 7.2 I have found that the behaviour of authentication
> against crypt passwd/shadow files has changed.
>
> Under RH 7.1 and previous, if a password of more than 8 characters was
> set, one can log in by entering the full (>8 character) password. Under
> RH 7.2, if a password of more than 8 characters is set, one must log
> in with exactly the first 8 characters of the password, and no more,
> otherwise login is denied.
>
> What has changed, and why?
>

This is a bug in RH 7.2. 
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54443

Update your system with the lastest errata rpms.
List of the errata rpms available for RH 7.2

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh72-errata.html

Regards,
        Jim H