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Re: problems with a new account, sshd, mkpasswd, and login


On Mar  4 17:26, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> As for the passwd question -- I don't know, it just says that.  Looking at
> the sources, the whole string is hard-coded in there, so...  Maybe it's a
> joke on Corinna's part to see if anybody noticed anything strange?.. ;-)

Back when I wrote passwd, the Linux version of passwd I was using printed
that, too :-)

> I don't think these limits are actually enforced.

No, the enforced limits are the ones set up in Windows itself, if any.

Corinna

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