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2002 Jan 02
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SCO OpenServer password issue
If SCO OpenServer is configured for large passwords, i.e. u_pwseg is greater than 1 in /etc/auth/system/default, then user authentication in auth-passwd.c will fail for users whose passwords are longer than 8 characters. The "traditional" level of security installs with u_pwseg#1, so most users would never encounter this problem. This has been an issu...