# I seem to have made my password too long... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 14, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784 "2001-06-14T12:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/1 "2001-06-14T12:25:45Z")
When I tried to add a sig to my profile I was presented with a login screen. I typed in my username and password, and got the response that my PW was invalid. Long story short, I finally figured out that the “Your Password” field on this page wasn’t accepting the last two characters of my password. I thought about trying a trick I heard about once, of copying the page to my hard drive, editing the html code in the form section to accept a longer entry, and try logging in from there. While exploring this board though, I came upon a comment by one of the admins that “messing with the server” would get me banned. I don’t know if this trick counts as that, but I don’t want to take any chances. Is there a workaround for my problem? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/2 "2001-06-14T14:02:56Z")
Send an e-mail to Tuba and she can fix it. She can fix anything. You may not have noticed that “HTML is turned off”. Look down at the bottom of the page here. This is because someone hacked the passwords in February 2000 and they turned it off. The admins frown on people hacking into the system, even if it’s just to fix your own password. [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/3 "2001-06-14T15:26:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Is there a workaround for my problem? Yeah. A real simple one. Choose a shorter password. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/4 "2001-06-14T16:15:32Z")
While we’re on the subject of passwords, you can get your password emailed to you. Just click on the “Forgotten you password?” link on the reply screen. Incidentally, passwords can ONLY be alphanumeric characters. So if you changed your password to something like &^%$, you need to email an administrator (TubaDiva or me)(from the email address that’s listed in your profile) and have us change it. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/5 "2001-06-14T16:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Is there a workaround for my problem? > > Yeah. A real simple one. Choose a shorter password. \*\* Ummm…yes, but I can’t change it until I can get to my profile page, which I can’t do because the login screen won’t accept my password. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*While we’re on the subject of passwords, you can get your password emailed to you. Just click on the “Forgotten you password?” link on the reply screen. > \*\* Did that. Even copied and pasted the PW from the email. Part of the “long story” 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\* > Incidentally, passwords can ONLY be alphanumeric characters. \*\* Mine is. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/6 "2001-06-16T17:50:07Z")
Well, two days since I emailed Tubadiva. Still no response. Anyone out there? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/7 "2001-06-16T19:22:22Z")
I think that TubaDiva’s off timing cars at races. Or something. I’m going to shorten your password and send it to you, then you can change it to whatever you like. ---
**Author:** ![Devin\_Austra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Devin\_Austra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devin_Austra)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/8 "2001-06-23T05:39:43Z")
I have the exact same problem Weird\_AL does. Password is too long…it’s all letters, I’ve tried the “request lost password” feature. It tells me what my password is, but when I try it I also get “invalid password”. I’m just used to long passwords. I used to be a moderator at a gaming site, and we could have passwords up to 20 characters long. I used all 20 for security reasons. If the password can only be 15 characters long, then why does the “register a name” page let you add more than that? Well, at least I can still post… _~goes off to e-mail the admin and make a suggestion on the site board~_ ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/9 "2001-06-23T22:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weird\_AL\_Einstein \* > \*\*Well, two days since I emailed Tubadiva. Still no response. Anyone out there? \*\* My hand to Jesus, Al, I never saw anything from you. Where did you mail it? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/10 "2001-06-23T22:42:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Weird\_AL\_Einstein \* > > \*\*Well, two days since I emailed Tubadiva. Still no response. Anyone out there? \*\* > > My hand to Jesus, Al, I never saw anything from you. > > Where did you mail it? > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator > \*\* [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) It didn’t get bounced or anything so it must’ve been a valid address. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-made-my-password-too-long/68784/11 "2001-06-23T22:59:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weird\_AL\_Einstein \* > It didn’t get bounced or anything so it must’ve been a valid address. Yeah, it’s valid. Speaking o’ which, I hope she got mine earlier today \…