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what is the max length of password on unix/linux system?

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what is the max permissible length of password on unix/linux system?

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If your system uses a cryptographic hash to store passwords i.e. MD5, SHA1, etc then there is no limit to the password length itself since these hashes can be created with any amount of data. An MD5 or SHA1 hash can be created for an entire hard dri…

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