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From: Dave_Brent@MTSG.UBC.CA
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Limitations imposed by AppleShare's User Authentication Method (UAM)..
Message-ID: <2383868@mtsg.ubc.ca>
Date: 16 Aug 90 03:01:04 GMT
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I ran into the same problem, and discovered that some Unix systems only 
seem to use the first 8 characters (at least for *my* password).  This 
appears true for SunOS at least.  
 
I discovered this when I used Appleshare and Aufs for the first time, which 
only used the first 8 characters of my password, and I got on!
 
Dave Brent, UBC Computing Services (but not for long)
brent@staff.ucs.ubc.ca