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From: mf@savax.UUCP (Marc Fleischmann)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: FTP vs. VMS & long passwords
Message-ID: <703@savax.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 11:58:19 GMT
References: <8802292102.AA06989@macduff.ultra.com>
Reply-To: mf@savax.UUCP (Marc Fleischmann)
Organization: Sanders Associates Inc.
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In article <8802292102.AA06989@macduff.ultra.com> shj@ultra.UUCP (Steve Jay) writes:
>
>when attempting to use FTP server on a VAX VMS system, and the password
>for the VAX account is over 8 characters long.
>
>This has been observed with VAX's running Wollongong (versions 3.1 & 4.0)
>and Excelan (EXOS Version 4.5) servers.  Client FTP on a BSD 4.3

 I am running Excelan Release 3.3 V3-3Vv2 which has the server
EXOS Version 4.5 Mon Sept 8 8:41:17 PDT 1986 and have no problems with 
passwords of 16 characters using FTP clients from EXcelan, Ultrix V2.0-1
and Apollo.  

I am running MicroVMS V4.6.


/marc
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Marc Fleischmann
Sanders Associates, Inc. - Nashua N.H.  (603) 885-5050
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