Re: ssh login with passwords!
From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 08/26/03
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:10:15 GMT
In article <1061900779.679299@sj-nntpcache-3>, spanda <spanda@cisco.com> wrote:
>While I wanted to login to a machine using ssh, it allowed me with 2
>passwords !!
>
>Actual Password: "test1234" ( 8 chars )
>Able to login as "test12345678" also !!
>
>Is this a valid behavior or is it a bug ?
Depends on the underlying password scheme. Traditional Unix crypt
schemes only consider the first 8 characters significant.
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