At 07:33 AM 14/06/2008, you wrote:

>I'm currently running FB 2.0.3 FB stores only the first 8 characters
>of the user's password, so "masterkey" and "masterketchup" will both
>work for the initial SYSDBA login.
>
>In FB 2.1, does it now store more of the password characters than just
>the first 8?

No.

>I've been searching the manuals for 2.1 and can't find the answer.

Read the Security section of the release notes (either 2.0.x or 2.1) - there you will find all you want to know. But you won't find anything about longer passwords because they aren't available. ;-)

./hb