[BlueOnyx:09420] Re: Password Enforcement

[Chris Comley]

This seems to be going from bad to worse anyway. 

 

I've just tried

 

log12&---12ad99++

 

and it's STILL saying it's "too short" - that's surely longer than some I've
done before. Is it trying to insist on a minium number of letters or digits
as well as over-all length? Half the problem is the rules don't even appear
to be specified! 

 

I daresay I can't change the pwd at the command line either. 

 

From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it
[mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Chris Comley
Sent: 05 January 2012 10:13
To: blueonyx at blueonyx.it
Subject: [BlueOnyx:09315] Password Enforcement

 

It's getting very annoying trying to create user passwords which don't get
sent back for being "too short" or "based on a dictionary word" when they
are no such thing. The result is very stupid passwords which are inherently
insecure as the user will have to keep them written down. 

 

Is there any way to amend the policy, or to just turn it off?? 

 

For further reading on the subject of *good* passwords I offer
http://xkcd.com/936/ 

 

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