[tac_plus] Re: des passwords

[Kiss Gabor (Bitman)]

> Bitman once showed me how to do longer passwords:
> 
> $ mkpasswd --hash=md5 mysecret
> $1$TEWuOxgm$eHFn1umfTovC0ukCYovBf1
> $

Note: this is useful on systems (e.g. Linux) where libcrypt
handles md5 passwords in a transperent way. 

Gabor

> -----Original Message-----

> Am I correct that if you use DES passwords in tac_plus.conf you are
> limited to an 8 character password?  How are you all dealing with that?
> Are you just using plaintext in there?