Re: password length
In message <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.21.0003152113560.658-100000@cornerstone.core.aoi>, Alexa
nder Hvostov writes:
>MD5 as an algorithm supports a theoretically infinitely sized password (or
>other string), though of course it becomes less secure as the string's
>size increases. That said, I think the maximum password length supported
>by glibc (and, thus, PAM) is 128 bytes long.
Are the MD5 passwords affected by the max=8 setting in the pam.d/passwd
entry, or does it ignore them?
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