topic Re: Password Issue in Operating System - HP-UX

Password Issue

Joseph Loo — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:30:37 GMT

Please tell me why a password with more than 8 characters, that after the first 8 chars, when you key in any other chars, you will still be able to access.

For example, password -> abcd1234ac, the character "ac" may be enter as "bd" and still works.

Re: Password Issue

Thierry Poels_1 — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:42:03 GMT

Hi,

HP-UX only takes the first 8 characters into account for password checking. Anything after the first 8 characters is ignored.

regards,
Thierry.

Re: Password Issue

melvyn burnard — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:43:40 GMT

man passwd(1)
Password Construction Requirements:
A password must have at least six characters. Only the first eight characters are significant in an untrusted system.

Re: Password Issue

Vincenzo Restuccia — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:44:34 GMT

HPUX,SOLARIS,etc. only takes the first 8 characters.

Re: Password Issue

federico_3 — Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:52:07 GMT

Only the firtst 8 characters are significant in an untrusted system.

Federico

Re: Password Issue

Andrew Maslin — Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:00:12 GMT

If you want more than 8 characters to be significant in your passwords, switch to a trusted system. This allows some other options as well, such as account expiration dates.

Re: Password Issue

Rob Smith — Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:09:31 GMT

Every flavor of UNIX I have ever seen only uses the first 8 characters without some kind of add on like converting to a trusted system or npasswd. Hope this helps.

Rob