[horde] strange login problem

[Philippe Trolliet]

hi,
i´m sorry, but that´s not the problem.
i have tested this with my own password. it´s longer than 8 characters.

regards
philippe

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:horde-bounces at lists.horde.org]On Behalf Of Stephane Caminade
> Sent: Mittwoch, 22. August 2007 13:56
> To: horde at lists.horde.org
> Subject: Re: [horde] strange login problem
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Most likely it is something to do with the length of the password.
> The first 8 chars are significant in some systems, and the rest is
> discarded.
>
> You could have a look at this maybe, just ask him to type keht77&0 as
> password and see what happens.
>
> Regards,
> Stephane
>
>
> Philippe Trolliet a écrit :
> > hi,
> > one of my users said sth about a strange login problem.
> > he had one password but the another one did work too.
> > these are the two passwords, one password is the real one and
> the other is a
> > password was never used by him on our mailserver.
> > password 1:	keht77&0nme
> > password 2:	keht77&0nba
> > the user could login with both of the passwords.
> > is it possible that it has something to do with the '&'-sign?
> > the user changed his password from the initial password he got
> to one of the
> > above with the passwd module in horde.
> > any idea?
> >
> > regards
> > philippe
> >
> >
>
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