Advanced Server External Authentication Password Length Limit

[Jeffery D. Urmann]

Is there a password length limit when using external authentication?

If so, is the length configurable and how?

We have a Windows 2003 native mode domain with OpenVMS v7.3-1 as a member server via Advanced Server V7.3A.

Thank you in advance.

Enjoy,

--Jeff

[Arch_Muthiah]

Jeffery,

The password length should be specified when we define account policy using
SET ACCOUNT POLICY command, you can specify password length from 0 to 14 long using MINLENGTH qualifier. 0 is default.

Archunan

[Jeffery D. Urmann]

Archunan,

Thanx for your quick and accurate reply.

I`m sorry, I meant maximum length.

[Arch_Muthiah]

Jeff,

AS Maximum pwd lenght limit is 14 only. Ovms pwd lenght is difft.


Archunan

[Jeffery D. Urmann]

Archunan,

So you are saying that since the high side of the minimum is 14, then that makes it the maximum length? Okay. Thank you.

Anybody know of a patch to AS to allow the same maximum as allowed by active directory?

[Brad McCusker · Accepted solution]

Quick answer, I didn't research this at all...

>Anybody know of a patch to AS to allow the
>same maximum as allowed by active >directory?

No. But, I think you need to keep in mind that AS is using NTLM v2, so, that is the limiting factor, and that is not necessarily what the Active Driectory limit is.

Now, that being said, does NTLM v2 have a higher limit than AS is currently supporting? In other words, did I miss the ppoint?

[Jeffery D. Urmann]

Brad,

I was under the mistaken impression that Pathworks was NTLM v2 and that AS was LM v3. I think (if my memory is starting to work now) it was LM Hash for pre-v6 Pathworks and NTLM for newer PW versions + AS. Thanx for the correction to my aging and fading memory.

NTLM has a max limit of 14. NTLM v2 enhanced the encryption and key space (among other things), but it looks like the character limit is still 14.

Thanx for the help Brad and Archunan.

Enjoy,

--Jeff