Automatically truncate MSN passports to 16 characters because that's the

maximum supported by MSN and giving a longer password will make the
authentication fail.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/protocols/msn/passport.c b/protocols/msn/passport.c
index 7a15c3fe..565d15f3 100644
--- a/protocols/msn/passport.c
+++ b/protocols/msn/passport.c
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ int passport_get_token( gpointer func, gpointer data, char *username, char *pass
 		if( mad->cookie[i] == ',' )
 			mad->cookie[i] = '&';
 	
+	/* Microsoft doesn't allow password longer than 16 chars and silently
+	   fails authentication if you give the "full version" of your passwd. */
+	if( strlen( mad->password ) > MAX_PASSPORT_PWLEN )
+		mad->password[MAX_PASSPORT_PWLEN] = 0;
+	
 	return passport_get_token_real( mad );
 }
 
diff --git a/protocols/msn/passport.h b/protocols/msn/passport.h
index 1d0c6edc..517d2e91 100644
--- a/protocols/msn/passport.h
+++ b/protocols/msn/passport.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #endif
 #include "nogaim.h"
 
+#define MAX_PASSPORT_PWLEN 16
+
 struct msn_auth_data
 {
 	char *url;