yppasswd accepts only 8 characters

From: Dave Rawlinson <djr_at_star.rl.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:28:59 +0100 (BST)

Apologies, I'm sure this must be a faq but I can't find the answer in the
archives.

For some time (since 4.0?) yppasswd seems unable to accept a password with
more (or less) than 8 characters.

Changing NIS password for djr
Old NIS password:
New password:
Retype new password:
Mismatch - password unchanged.

And yes the passwords were identical :-)

TIA,

Dave...

Dave Rawlinson Email: djr_at_star.rl.ac.uk
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Received on Fri Jun 20 1997 - 11:32:13 NZST

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