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From: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@virgilio.it>
Subject: password length
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:41:18 +0100
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Hi,
I'm trying to use password longer than 8 characters, so i set up my login.defs 
file with a PASS_MAX_LEN of 18 characters, but the system does not recognize 
the modification, and thus I can still log in with a 8 char password. How to 
solve the problem?

Thanks,
Luca

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Luca Ferrari,
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