[84] in Kerberos
Re: kinit password length
jon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Aug 9 21:24:12 1987
From ostlund@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Thu Sep 11 23:11:32 1986
From: ostlund@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 86 23:08:25 EDT
To: spm@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, srz@athena.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: kinit password length
Cc: kerberos@athena.MIT.EDU
The present (installed on Athena 750's) /bin/passwd only accepts 8 character
passwords. The revised edition (tested, soon to be released to the
Athena staff cluster) accepts 40 character passwords, of which the first
eight are handed to UNIX crypt(3) and stuffed into athenareg as the
encrypted UNIX password. (This version also will work on VS2's and
RT's.) For the moment, passwords longer than 8 characters won't
work.
John
