[sudo-users] SUDO does not accept password longer than 8 characters in Trusted Systems

Todd C. Miller Todd.Miller at courtesan.com
Tue Feb 6 10:05:31 EST 2007


In message <37C92DD55D11724A9BA4D924A40D00DEC72C8B at NMISDCGFEX006.woolworths.com
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	so spake "Liu Wallace" (wliu):

> I downloaded source code and complied by myself:
> ./configure 
> make
> 
> Does sudo work with password longer than 8 characters? How do I compile
> a version which works with long password?

If you compile with PAM support it will work.  E.g.

./configure --with-pam
make

 - todd



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