User name/password length

[Nina rogers <nrogers -at- interactsys -dot- com>]

Usually, when I instruct a user to enter their user name and password, I
tell them whether the system is case-sensitive, whether it accepts numbers
and/or letters, what the minimum and maximum length for such words are, etc.

If the maximum length for a password is 50 characters, do I need to state
this in the documentation? I am inclined to include it--not because I think
anyone would ever want a 50+ character password, but because this is a
combined user/administrator guide ... and, well, because it's not stated
anywhere else.

At the same times, it looks silly to say that a password shouldn't be more
than 50 characters!

What do y'all think?

Nina

Nina B. Rogers 
Technical Writer 
InterAct Public Safety Systems

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