W.J.,
Thanks for the welcome and the help. I created a test account with a 32-character password (all numbers). I could not log in with the first 31 characters, nor could I log in if I added characters beyond the original 32; only the 32-character password worked.
Next I changed that password to a 50-character password. Again, 49 characters would not work, nor would 51; just the 50-character password would get me logged in.
So, it seems the password character limit is at least 50, but quite possibly more ... I just didn't take the time to enter more numbers to verify it. I'm wondering if the real login password character limit is 256, which from what I've been told is the login character limit on a PC.
I also noticed that I could enter more than 31 characters in the password assistant, even though the slider indicates a limit of 31. And the password I entered (again, a series of numbers) improved in quality as I increased the character count past 31 (think in this case the field itself had room for 39 characters).
In short, I haven't really found the limit to a Mac login password character count.
Kevin
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
