Limit the maximum length of a password to 8 characters

Password should not be greater than 8 characters.
Because only 8 valid characters are used.

diff --git a/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx b/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx
index eb8ad037283fa645d01dfd1ab267805decb0fc43..b067719b6ce28e1ecb126495dabc269bd442e5ca 100644 (file)
--- a/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx
+++ b/unix/vncpasswd/vncpasswd.cxx
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ static std::vector<uint8_t> readpassword() {
       continue;
     }
 
+    if (first.size() > 8) {
+      fprintf(stderr,"Password should not be greater than 8 characters\nBecause only 8 valid characters are used - try again\n");
+      continue;
+    }
+
 #ifdef HAVE_PWQUALITY
     //the function return score of password quality
     int r = check_passwd_pwquality(passwd);