Password strength checker not for root account

[Karel Volný]

let me hijack ... does the strenght meter still think that a correct horse 
battery stapple-like password is weak?

K.

Dne Út 21. května 2013 12:43:30, Adam Williamson napsal(a):
> 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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