Perhaps this[1] has something to do with it? [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2179649/are-passwords-on-modern-unix-linux-systems-still-limited-to-8-char

Perhaps this[1] has something to do with it? [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2179649/are-passwords-on-modern-unix-linux-systems-still-limited-to-8-characters http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2179649/are-passwords-on-...