[ale] login.c

[bain at crl.com (Todd B SanMillan)]

On Tue, 7 May 1996, Unix Guru Dude wrote:

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> }I also need to allow my usernames to be more than 8 characters.  As I =
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> Well, I suspect that other programs that access the passwd file, such as
> passwd, are expecting the maximum 8 characters.  I suspect you may have
> to modify ALL programs that access the /etc/passwd file...

I forget exactly when, but a few months ago in Linux Journal there was a 
security article, by AEllen Frisch, who wrote the O'Rielly Unix Security 
book that recommended changing passwords to 16 characters.  There was a 
simple patch available, but she didn't mention needing to modify other 
programs.  I can look it up if anyone is interested.

Todd SanMillan