[G4] Multi Users in OS 9

[Dennis B. Swaney]

>  Went back into it and opened the the Owners options, the the 
>password had reverted back to the original number of characters 
>appearing in the dialogue box before the change.

IIRC, that is a security feature so that the password can't be 
guessed based on the number of dots in the password window. So, if 
the first password was 7 characters and you replaced it with a 6 
character one, there wouldn't be any indication of this.
-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."