Why is the maximum length of openwrt’s root password 8 characters?
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When I try to set root's password:
root@OpenWrt:~# passwd
Changing password for root
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
It seems the maximum length is 8. If I try to set a password longer than 8, only first 8 characters is valid.
How can I set a longer password for root?
My openwrt version:
Linux OpenWrt 4.14.108 #0 SMP Wed Mar 27 21:59:03 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux password root openwrt passwd
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When I try to set root's password:
root@OpenWrt:~# passwd
Changing password for root
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
It seems the maximum length is 8. If I try to set a password longer than 8, only first 8 characters is valid.
How can I set a longer password for root?
My openwrt version:
Linux OpenWrt 4.14.108 #0 SMP Wed Mar 27 21:59:03 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux password root openwrt passwd
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
add a comment |
When I try to set root's password:
root@OpenWrt:~# passwd
Changing password for root
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
It seems the maximum length is 8. If I try to set a password longer than 8, only first 8 characters is valid.
How can I set a longer password for root?
My openwrt version:
Linux OpenWrt 4.14.108 #0 SMP Wed Mar 27 21:59:03 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux password root openwrt passwd
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
When I try to set root's password:
root@OpenWrt:~# passwd
Changing password for root
Enter the new password (minimum of 5, maximum of 8 characters)
Please use a combination of upper and lower case letters and numbers.
It seems the maximum length is 8. If I try to set a password longer than 8, only first 8 characters is valid.
How can I set a longer password for root?
My openwrt version:
Linux OpenWrt 4.14.108 #0 SMP Wed Mar 27 21:59:03 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux password root openwrt passwd
linux password root openwrt passwd
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
edited 16 mins ago
Machavity
577517
577517
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
asked 4 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
asked 4 hours ago
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I modified this in /etc/login.defs
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
problem fixed.
====================
Important additions:
After I changed the above parameters, although I can set a password larger than 8 digits, it is still invalid because the real password is only the first eight digits. I don't know if this is my problem.
My final solution is to set
# ENCRYPT_METHOD DES
to
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
in/etc/login.defs.
Now, I can finally set a root password that is really larger than eight.
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
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I modified this in /etc/login.defs
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
problem fixed.
====================
Important additions:
After I changed the above parameters, although I can set a password larger than 8 digits, it is still invalid because the real password is only the first eight digits. I don't know if this is my problem.
My final solution is to set
# ENCRYPT_METHOD DES
to
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
in/etc/login.defs.
Now, I can finally set a root password that is really larger than eight.
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
add a comment |
I modified this in /etc/login.defs
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
problem fixed.
====================
Important additions:
After I changed the above parameters, although I can set a password larger than 8 digits, it is still invalid because the real password is only the first eight digits. I don't know if this is my problem.
My final solution is to set
# ENCRYPT_METHOD DES
to
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
in/etc/login.defs.
Now, I can finally set a root password that is really larger than eight.
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
add a comment |
I modified this in /etc/login.defs
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
problem fixed.
====================
Important additions:
After I changed the above parameters, although I can set a password larger than 8 digits, it is still invalid because the real password is only the first eight digits. I don't know if this is my problem.
My final solution is to set
# ENCRYPT_METHOD DES
to
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
in/etc/login.defs.
Now, I can finally set a root password that is really larger than eight.
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
I modified this in /etc/login.defs
PASS_MAX_LEN 8
problem fixed.
====================
Important additions:
After I changed the above parameters, although I can set a password larger than 8 digits, it is still invalid because the real password is only the first eight digits. I don't know if this is my problem.
My final solution is to set
# ENCRYPT_METHOD DES
to
ENCRYPT_METHOD MD5
in/etc/login.defs.
Now, I can finally set a root password that is really larger than eight.
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
edited 20 mins ago
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
answered 3 hours ago
Alan42Alan42
1417
1417
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
add a comment |
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
5
5
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
Good fix, but bad original choice for a system default though...
– HBruijn
3 hours ago
3
3
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
I assume you changed your password to something longer than 8 characters now. Can you try if logging in with just the first 8 characters of your longer password works? Because it just might...
– marcelm
2 hours ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
Thank you marcelm. You are right and I found another solution.
– Alan42
18 mins ago
add a comment |
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