On Friday 27 February 2015 18:57:01 Gene Heskett wrote: > It's something I haven't had to do in 4+ years, feels a bit retrograde, Well, I have never claimed ot be a Bright Young Thing, not even whne I ought to have been a bright young thing. > and > a different password will confound my usage on the other 4 machines here. > > > And do remember, because it seems often to be > > relevant, you have NOT got a default Wheezy install. �(You had issues > > with that, remember? �You found a one person bug!!) > > Chuckle, I am a graduate, Summa Cum Laude, of the school that teaches how > to do that. �I must have got stoned and missed it though, don't even > remember taking the course, but I am very very good at that. > > What is the maximum length of a password in characters? :-) I'll let someone else answer that. I use $ pwgen -sy 10 Many would consider that too short, and I'm thinking of lengthening it. But I'm a lousy typist. I'm afraid that I am a fatalist. If they are out to get me, they'll get me. I just like to make them work a little harder. ;-) Lisi