Password policy not consistent

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:06:44 -0700
Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Standardized_passphrase_policy
> 
> I wanted to note that the policy doesn't seem to be standardized, as 
> intended.  On 10/16, I installed Fedora using the pxeboot images from:
> http://mirror.pnl.gov/fedora/linux/development/23/
> 
> During installation, I created a new user account, which would not 
> accept the password that I intended to use.  That password is nine 
> characters long, contains numbers and capital letters, was generated 
> randomly by "mkpasswd", does not repeat any letters, and does not 
> resemble any words that I'm aware of.

What did it show the reason for not allowing it as?

It should print that on the bottom... the return from libpwquality. 

kevin
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