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Are passwords limited to 8 char?

April 26, 2017char limited passwords

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Are passwords limited to 8 char?

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AIX passwords are only significant to 8 characters. You can set a passwd to more than 8 characters but anything over eight are ignored. No messages or warnings are given. Be careful if you’re running NIS. You probably want to limit passwords to 8 char on all machines (6000 and others) to be compatible. Someone mentioned that DCE supports kerberos which supports passwords greater than 8 characters.