Redhat 6.0 Password Issues

From: root3d (joquendoat_private)
Date: Wed Sep 08 1999 - 13:49:59 PDT

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    Gentleman;
    
    I submitted what I thought was a minor issue on Redhat's handling
    of passwords. Is it me? Is it something I missed? Any password you
    assign over 8 characters gets cut...
    
    At first I thought it was my system but its not since I tested it at
    home,
    but then at work its the same thing:
    
    ------snip------
    passwd
    
    I typed it p4$sW3rd$ as my password
    but I was able to log in using p4$sW3rD
    
    ctrl-alt-del
    bash
    $
    passwd
    changed it to 1234567899999
    and I was able to log in using:
    12345678
    -----endsnip-----
    
    Does anyone else know of this?
    Has anyone heard of this?
    
    by the way I bcc'd this to Redhat as well. ;)
    
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    Yours Truly
    J. Oquendo
    silat_private
    silat_private
    
    
    "Linux -- Where you really can go tommorow"
    
    ID 0x1281EC4F
    DH/DSS
    4096/1024
    CIPHER: CAST
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