Hello- I have sudo version 1.6.8p12 installed on my 11.31 (itanium) server. It seems that sudo has a maximum password length of 8 characters. Is this configurable?
> "It seems that sudo has a maximum password length of 8 characters."
It is not sudo-related, it's system related. If you have a trusted system you can set longer passwords.
For setting the system-wide minimum length, change the corresponding parameter in the file /etc/default/security
# grep -i length /etc/default/security # Minimum length of NEW passwords. MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH=8
Passwords must contain at least N characters. For untrusted systems, N can be any value from 6 to 8. For trusted systems, N can be any value from 6 to 80.
