Password strength checker not for root account

[Adam Williamson]

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?
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