[freeside] maximum password length

[ivan]

Passwords are limited to 8 characters.

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:13:56PM -0400, David LaBissoniere wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am setting up freeside at an existing ISP and noted that there appears
> to be a maximum password length of 8 characters. Some of our existing 
> customers have passwords exceeding this.

Standard DES crypt() only treats the first 8 characters as significant. 

> I didn't see any configuration 
> option for this. How do I adjust freeside to play nice with larger
> passwords?
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> David
> labisso at debian.org - http://www.public.usit.net/labiss
> "the non-sensical ravings of a loudmouth malcontent"

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meow
_ivan