On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 20:07 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Run 'authconfig'. > > You should have both “Use MD5 Passwords” and “Use Shadow Passwords” checked > under the “Authentication” section. > > > -- Sam, Thanks for helping. I ran authconfig and both MD5 and Shadow are checked. I did not see any parameter for the length of the password in authconfig! Any other ideas? Greg