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Bug 734581 - Not able to choose a weak password
Not able to choose a weak password
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 744735
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: User Accounts
3.13.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Ondrej Holy
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-08-10 17:32 UTC by Carlos Soriano
Modified: 2015-02-25 12:27 UTC
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Description Carlos Soriano 2014-08-10 17:32:51 UTC 
Seems the control center doesn't allow to choose a weak password as a password for a new created user.
Not having a warning and having a check (v) on the re-enter password entry doesn't help to give the user feedback why they can't add the new user.

Since the gnome-initial-setup allows weak passwords, and a study from past year for gnome-initial-setup (can't find citation now) shown that password choose annoy users, I would simply allow weak passwords with a warning.
Comment 1 Ondrej Holy 2014-08-14 12:27:49 UTC 
g-i-s also doesn't allow setting weak passwords (just tested it with g-i-s master) and I don't think it is good to allow weak passwords from the security reasons...

There is check sign on the verify entry, but on the new password entry isn't. However password hint could be more descriptive. This seems like designer's issue, Allan could you look at please?
Comment 2 Ondrej Holy 2015-02-25 12:27:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 744735 ***