[BlueOnyx:21497] Re: 5209R Initial Setup Issue

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Larry,

> Really old topic, but just wondering if anything more has
> been done to reduce the number of "Forbidden" characters
> in the password???  
> 
> Have run into an issue where we are
> importing a site from another provider (netsol) and many
> of the passwords have the at (@) sign in them.  Would 
> really like to import them all as-is so the users do not
> have changes to make.
> 
> Or is there a way I can "allow" the at sign for the import
> (and their passwords work on this server for now).


An easy way around this is to set the old passwords on the command line,
as that will bypass the CCEd restrictions on passwords. And next time
around a user uses the GUI to set a new password, then the GUI will
enforce the new password rules.

Example:

echo "NewPass" |passwd user-joe --stdin


-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber