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Does AIX support passwords longer than 8 characters? Yes!

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Prior to AIX 5.3 TL7 and AIX 6.1, there was an 8 character limit on AIX user passwords. If you need passwords of greater than 8 characters then you must enable one of the supplied Loadable Password Algorithms (LPAs). The following table lists the available algorithms and the limitations of each:     For example, to enable the MD5 algorithm I can modify /etc/security/login.cfg file with the chsec command as follows:   # chsec -f /etc/security/login.cfg -s usw -a pwd_algorithm=smd5   # tail -2 /etc/security/login.cfg         ... [More]

Tags:  /etc/security/pwdalg.cfg characters smd5 pwd_algorithm /usr/lib/security/smd5 aix /etc/security/login.cfg support 8 gibson clpasswd chris greater than for passwords
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