on 25/3/2001 2:22 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins at PepeToo@... wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just received a question from one of my fellow architects, and I am at a loss
> to
> answer him, since I don't do "File Sharing".  Any advice?
> 
> His Question:
> *****************
> My computers seem to have developed their own password for file sharing.  The
> password I had been using was a simple six letter word, and now the password
> window shows a password of eight characters.  Is there a simple way of over
> riding this, or do I need to reinstall the system and recreate the file
> sharing info?
> *****************

I think if you dig a bit, Apple did this for added security so you couldn't
guess the password from the length of the bullet string - it's always 8.

Phil.