Bug 31311

Summary:	adduser enter password only to 8 symbols acceptable
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Argo Sõõru <argo>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	4.3-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Argo Sõõru 2001-10-16 14:00:02 UTC

Entering password with adduser script make password to new user only 8 sysmbols acceptable. Example you enter password: 1234567890 
user can login with password 12345678sdfg or 12345678 or 12345678xxx

Fix: 

passwd ...
How-To-Repeat: Add new user with adduser...

Comment 1 Dag-Erling Smørgrav freebsd_committer

2001-10-16 14:16:07 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This is a feature of DES passwords.  If you want longer passwords, use MD5.