[3026] in Athena Bugs
Re: An error within the new Xlogin system; fix it fast!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch)
Mon Aug 28 21:42:29 1989
From: Henry Mensch <henry@MIT.EDU>
To: <wildman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: quality@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 26 Aug 89 00:12:45 -0400.
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 89 21:41:38 EDT
Dear, uh, "Wildman"
Thanks for taking the time to report your problem. Despite your claim
to the contrary, I suspect that less experienced users won't have
passwords longer than the Nile and (thus) won't run into this problem.
Nevertheless, there are several inconsistencies with Athena password
lengths (did you know that <when new users register for their Athena
account> they can only specify a password which has up to nine
characters in it?)
Anyway, we are looking into making this treatment of passwords more
consistent; in the meantime, I suggest you save yourself some time and
use a password of twenty characters or less.
I am,
--
-- Henry Mensch / <henry@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
-- Project Athena Quality Assurance
REFERENCE follows:
> Subject: An error within the new Xlogin system; fix it fast!
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 89 00:12:45 EDT
>
> Hello. I have a 32 character password and the new Xlogin system won't let
> me log on. I went to the SIPB and they changed it for me, but other less
> experienced users may have more trouble. I suggest that you assign no maximum
> length, or put a maximum length on passwd() and other such programs, or
> only check if the password is correct to the length that Xlogin inputs it.
>
> These are only a few suggestions; There exist many more things to do, just
> do SOMETHING!
>
> --Timothy "Wildman" Worsley--
