Bug 9034

Summary:	password error on installation for root only
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	phantom007
Component:	passwd	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	phantom007
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OS:	Linux
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Description phantom007 2000-02-01 04:27:57 UTC

Hello,
I have installeed RH6.1 several times and in the process I noticed there
was something odd about the root password. After installation, the password
entered during installation is not always the same as the one supplied. I
use a long password during installation for root of
 !mypasswor54676!

This isn't the same password I used, but it has the same exclaimation
marks, number of letters and number of numbers, 16 characters in all. After
installation I was able to use only the first 8 characters to login being
   !mypassw

Once installed, I did change my password to !mypasswor54676!
After doing this, I was then able to login using only the correct password
with all 16 characters.

I did the menu installations and the text installation with the same
results.

If you need a further explaination please let me know.

Thank you

dc3

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-05 21:07:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7655 ***