Scab Cake
Sep 18, 2002, 03:35 PM
Hey guys,
I wanted to inquire if anyone else is having the same sort of problem as I am. I have a 10-character password for my account and I just tried installing an application package via the installer application. I use this same password in a few places which offer passwords up to 8 characters, so I accidentally typed in THAT password instead of the 10-character version and it worked!! Same thing with the 9-character version! It seems that Apple's password parser only looks at the first 8 characters. Anyone else have this problem? Or is it just me? I'm running Jaguar with all of the software updates and whatnot. I'd really appreciate finding out if anyone else has this problem as this is a huge security fluke. Some people INTENTIONALLY have long passwords to prevent this sort of thing from happening. Thanks in advance.
I wanted to inquire if anyone else is having the same sort of problem as I am. I have a 10-character password for my account and I just tried installing an application package via the installer application. I use this same password in a few places which offer passwords up to 8 characters, so I accidentally typed in THAT password instead of the 10-character version and it worked!! Same thing with the 9-character version! It seems that Apple's password parser only looks at the first 8 characters. Anyone else have this problem? Or is it just me? I'm running Jaguar with all of the software updates and whatnot. I'd really appreciate finding out if anyone else has this problem as this is a huge security fluke. Some people INTENTIONALLY have long passwords to prevent this sort of thing from happening. Thanks in advance.
