[clue-tech] effective password length

[David L. Willson]

At RMSEL, a Linux Terminal Server school, they're noticing some password weirdness.  Characters beyond x entered at the keyboard, or set in the password, are ignored.

For example: If my password is "triton-2010" and x is 7, "triton-2009" and "triton-gobbajooboffala" will both log me in.

Anyone familiar with a "feature" that might cause that?

David L. Willson
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