general/4681: htpasswd.exe limit on password length

[Michael Ho <mi...@unn.ac.uk>]

>Number:         4681
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       htpasswd.exe limit on password length
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul  1 07:40:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     michael.ho@unn.ac.uk
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
Microsoft Windows 95b
>Description:
htpasswd.exe seems to have a limit on password length on the win32 build 1.3.6.
A password of 10 characters seems to fail, but a password of 5 characters works.
Why?

Is it me or is there a password size limit in htpasswd.exe ?
If so, it doesn't tell you in the program!


>How-To-Repeat:
For the 1.3.6 Win32 apache server build, use htpasswd.exe to add a user and for password enter a password such as 'blacktulip' authentication will fail with a password mismatch, change password to 'tulip' and it works.


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