> I installed RH5.2, and I setup password of root 10 char length.
> But when login, I just typed 8 char and the <#> prompt appeared!!!
>
It's just normal behaviour. The algorithm used to encode the password
ignores everything longer than 8 characters.
Regards,
Antonio Trindade.
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