Password strength checker not for root account

Mateusz Marzantowicz mmarzantowicz at osdf.com.pl
Tue May 21 20:06:46 UTC 2013


On 21.05.2013 21:43, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 21:41 +0200, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
>> On 21.05.2013 21:36, Adam Williamson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 21:35 +0200, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote:
>>>> Is it a bug or intentional design? In Anaconda, when you create root
>>>> password it is not checked for complexity but password for regular user
>>>> account is.
>>> Um, I'm pretty sure it is checked. It may not follow precisely the same
>>> rules as other checks, I guess, but I get a warning when I use '111111'
>>> that it's a palindrome.
>> OK, I see it now, but for regular user there is this "progress bar like"
>> indicator which tells you how strong is your password. For root I only
>> get textual warning.
> Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah, it seems reasonable to add that for root,
> since as you say, it shows up for the user spoke (and you also get the
> strength meter for the encryption passphrase, if you select encryption).
> File a bug?

Here it is, please check it's filed correctly:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965832


Mateusz Marzantowicz


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