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From: Andrew Brown (atatatatatdot.net)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 14:54:58 CST

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    >>> >Right now, as it stands, /etc/security prints that message out no
    >>> >matter what if field two of the password file is not thirteen or
    >>> >twenty characters long. (What is twenty characters for?)
    >>>
    >>> 20 characters is for md5 based passwords. you're using current, so a
    >>> quick look at passwd.conf (sorry, there's no example in the tree)
    >>> should give you an idea of this.

    minor correction. :)

    since i know very little about this, i *assumed* that the 20 was for
    md5, but it's not. it's for "newsalt" passwords. they're 20
    characters long. md5 password are 34 characters long, and
    /etc/security complains about them. 

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