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Bug 745082 - Enter new password: error message is ellipsized/truncated
Enter new password: error message is ellipsized/truncated
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 764445
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: login-screen
3.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Ray Strode [halfline]
gnome-shell-maint
: 772749 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-02-24 12:00 UTC by Sébastien Wilmet
Modified: 2016-10-12 13:49 UTC
See Also:
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Description Sébastien Wilmet 2015-02-24 12:00:59 UTC 
When entering a new password in gdm (e.g. just after creating a new user), if the password is too weak, an error message appears but is ellipsized/truncated, and it is not possible to see the full message.

The error message was "BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionar..."
Comment 1 Sébastien Wilmet 2015-02-24 12:01:52 UTC 
Forgot to say, I use Fedora Workstation 21 (so with GNOME 3.14).
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2015-02-24 13:24:00 UTC 
odd, I thought we fixed that ellipization problem a long time ago
Comment 3 Christophe Fergeau 2016-10-11 13:29:33 UTC 
*** Bug 772749 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2016-10-12 13:49:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 764445 ***