I remember it being like that a few years ago on Linux, but its not the case now. ( unless the OS is really old )
I suspect it must be the cause. Am no expert on this but i believe most later versions of Linux use the MD5 style, which allows up to 127 characters.
Indeed, but you don't have to go too far back, and it's obvious his version of linux (centos 3.8) isn't supporting long passwords.
Actually it has really nothing to do with the OS version as much as it does Cpanel itself ...
If I set the the password from WHM or Cpanel on any account or any server
then only the first 8 characters get encoded into the password.
If I open up an SSH window and use the 'passwd' command to change the
user's password from the shell then all characters are kept in the password
This tells me that Cpanel programmed in an 8 character length in their field
and are truncating any additional characters passed for passwords.
If I set the the password from WHM or Cpanel on any account or any server
then only the first 8 characters get encoded into the password.
If I open up an SSH window and use the 'passwd' command to change the
user's password from the shell then all characters are kept in the password
This tells me that Cpanel programmed in an 8 character length in their field
and are truncating any additional characters passed for passwords.
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