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

["Frank Winans" <fwinans airmail net>]

I'm guessing you don't use MD5 password encoding...
That would match one of the listed errata for Redhat -- there's a patch for that.
I'd prefer reinstalling with MD5 over applying the patch...

"Greg Ryan" <gregr cs usyd edu au> wrote in message
news:20011127104755 L17401 ebola0 cs usyd edu au   
> 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?
>
>
>
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