--- mysql-4.0.14-old/sql/sql_acl.cc     2003-07-18 16:57:25.000000000 +0200
+++ mysql-4.0.14/sql/sql_acl.cc 2003-09-10 23:21:13.559759576 +0200
@@ -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",