[lug] Password problem (post RH7.2 upgrade)

[Nate Duehr]

Someone DID answer you correctly, IMHO.  MD5 password support got turned
off somewhere.

Nate 

On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 11:18:40AM -0700, Anders Knudsen wrote:
> My problems is not that I can't log in...I infact CAN log into the machine 
> as root, or any other user.
> The problem is that only the first 8 characters of any password used are 
> accepted.
> 
> example.
> If user root password is abcdefghijklmnop
> 
> then if you log in as root, and enter the password as it was created, you 
> get denied.
> if you log in as root and enter abcdefgh, it accepts the password and 
> you're logged in.
> 
> So my question again, if anyone reading this knows, why does it "clip" the 
> passwords now?
> 
> thanks,
> -Anders.
> 
>  >It sounds like you had MD5 passwords before, and either turned off MD5
>  >passwords, or are missing PAM modules needed for MD5. Probably you
>  >should boot up with a rescue mode floppy or CD, and do a chroot to the
>  >mount point of the mounted hard drive with root partition. Then you can
>  >run passwd. A sample of a good rescue floppy:
>  >http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
> 
>  >D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> 
>  >Anders Knudsen wrote:
>  >>
>  >> Just upgraded my RH7.0 system to 7.2.
>  >>
>  >> After the upgrade, my root password did not work! :O
>  >> Some time digging caused me to find out that now, all passwords on the
>  >> system are truncated to 8 characters!
>  >> If I typed the full password, which is longer than 8 chars, no joy.
>  >> Type in the first 8 chars of the password, we have login!
>  >> If I try changing passwd, to something longer than 8, then still can only
>  >> use first 8 chars to login.
>  >> So...my question...
>  >> How/Why did this happen?
>  >> What can I do to mitigate?
>  >> I was unable to find any documentation, be that FAQ or manpage, that
>  >> explained how to limit the maximum length of a password (unlike minimum,
>  >> which is easy to adjust.)
>  >>
>  >> Any and all advice greatly appreciated.
> 
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