[nflug] Password length issue

[Cyber Source]

Just for shits and giggles, just it have a problem with user names 
longer than 8 char?

Rob Dege wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I'm using ssod to password sync between a AD server and my RHEL 5.1 
> box.  Everything was working smoothly until I discovered that it 
> chokes when synchronizing passwords longer than 8 characters in 
> length.  I did some googling, but found nothing relevant other than 
> "ssod does not officially support RHEL 5".
>
> The last time I had to deal with the 8 character passwd length issue 
> was back on a RedHat 7.3 box, and a pam update fixed that right away.  
> I'm not quite sure where to start with this one.  Any suggestions is 
> appreciated :)
>
> -- 
> -Rob
>
> Ben Franklin Quote: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain 
> a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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