--- mysql-4.0.14/sql/sql_acl.cc.orig	Thu Sep 11 06:59:14 2003
+++ mysql-4.0.14/sql/sql_acl.cc	Thu Sep 11 06:59:42 2003
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 		      "Found old style password for user '%s'. Ignoring user. (You may want to restart mysqld using --old-protocol)",
 		      user.user ? user.user : ""); /* purecov: tested */
     }
-    else if (length % 8)		// This holds true for passwords
+    else if (length % 8 || length > 16)		// This holds true for passwords
     {
       sql_print_error(
 		      "Found invalid password for user: '%s@%s'; Ignoring user",