[tac_plus] tac_plus login and enable password issue

[Alan McKinnon]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:31:03 +0000
john heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:


> > This issue already solve with change the enable password with other
> > password. In my case this happen if i use login password and enable
> > password with same character from the first and have only 1
> > different character in the end of password. Maybe des encryption do
> > not check until the last character.
> 
> crypt(3) normally only supports a maximum 8 character password.

Of course! That explains everything.

Incidentally, crypt normally accepts up to 10 characters but only uses
the first 8 for hashing. An password of 11 characters and longer causes
an error.

That one has caused no end of confusion around here. It's one of those
bizarre limits that users simply cannot get their wits around.

-- 
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon at gmail.com