I have noticed on a Centos 4.3 server where I had set some >8 characters passwords for some accounts, that only the first 8 characters are needed (if I forget or mistype the others I login all the same). Can I "move" the live, running system to longer passwords, and how? or is a reinstall necessary? TIA, Marco -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Man becomes truly man only by passing beyond himself. Paul VI, POPULORUM PROGRESSIO