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

[Liu Wallace]

Hi Todd,

Following your suggestion, I solved the problem. Thanks for your help.

Wallace

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd C. Miller [mailto:Todd.Miller at courtesan.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 7 February 2007 2:06 AM
To: Liu Wallace
Cc: sudo-users at sudo.ws
Subject: Re: [sudo-users] SUDO does not accept password longer than 8
characters in Trusted Systems 


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<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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