[Mageia-webteam] [Bug 32] Can create unusable passwords shorter than six chars for bugzilla

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Tue Feb 15 18:44:47 CET 2011


https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32

--- Comment #2 from Luzemário Dantas <luzemario at gmail.com> 2011-02-15 18:44:47 CET ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> So bugzilla has a built in limit to the password it accept ?
> 
> I would rather try to see if this limit is hardcoded in bugzilla and change it.
> Since identity is gonna be used by forums ( and so by non technical people ), I
> am not sure that forcing to have a strong password is gonna please everybody (
> even if I would be in favor of something stronger than 6 letter, ie 8 +
> specific char and so on ).

Michael,

Yes, bugzilla limits passwords to at least six chars. I suggested enforcing six
minimum chars because I do not know the level of difficulty to change it in
bugzilla.

Either solution can solve this bug. For me makes little difference, but I agree
it can be annoying for novice users.

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