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     <para>The secret password does not have anything to do with your Unix
       password; they can be the same but this is not recommended.  S/Key
-      and OPIE secret passwords are not limited to 8 characters like Unix
-      passwords, they can be as long as you like.  Passwords of six or
+      and OPIE secret passwords are not limited to 8 characters like old Unix
+      passwords<footnote><para>Under &os; the standard login password may be up to 128 characters in length.</para></footnote>, they can be as long as you like.  Passwords of six or
       seven word long phrases are fairly common.  For the most part, the
       S/Key or OPIE system operates completely independently of the Unix
       password system.</para>