T.K Venu writes: > is there any maximum limit of password length on openldap ? > it is taking 8 characters only. after 8 character's, it is not recognizing. > give me anybody valuable suggestion. Sounds like you are using passwords with {CRYPT}-prefix, generated with Unix crypt(). This function only uses the first 8 characters. Use {SSHA} or {MD5} passwords instead, e.g. generated with sbin/slappasswd. -- Hallvard