Hello,
good to know that i wasn't wrong since I also have used spaces in my
Windows installations since windows 2000, I just do not have the time
and willpower to install Windows Vista just to verify this. :) The
issue came up that some of my clients are still using Redhat linux 7
etc. (don't ask) and they were commenting that they would rather be
sure before trying to change the passwords as right now they are
rather short AFAIK.
Thanks to all the responses I have gotten so far, very good feedback
and constructive criticism..
regards,
//F. Rommel
http://2blocksaway.com
On Oct 31, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Kurt Buff wrote:
> On 10/30/06, Florian Rommel <frommel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>> I was told that Windows vista will not let you use (SPACE) in your
>> password , can someone confirm or deny this?
>
> This seems quite absurd. I've been using spaces in my passwords for
> years on Windows, up to and including Win2k3 - for MSFT to degrade
> password functionality in this away would be madness far surpassing
> their norm.
>
>> also someone said that
>> only the most recent version of linux allow you to have long
>> passwords, according to my memory, this has worked already for a
>> looong time (i remember i used a long password quite a few years back
>> already) so any info on that would be good too. Any pointer as to how
>> to improve this article would be excellent since quite a few of the
>> people I know use my stuff as reference and I wouldnt like to be
>> "that" wrong :)
>
> Can't speak to Linux, but my FreeBSD installations have, for the 5+
> years I've been using them, have allowed me passwords as long as I
> wanted - certainly longer than 8 characters.
>
> Kurt
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