password restrictions are different in the GUI and on the command line.

Ralf Mardorf silver.bullet at zoho.com
Sun Jul 17 15:14:09 UTC 2016


On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:30:38 +0200, s.achterop at rug.nl wrote:
>This because lightdm seems to enforce the stricter rules that are used
>when setting a password using the GUI.

Hi,

there might be a GUI available to add a user, resp. to chose a
password and this GUI might recommend or even enforce to chose a more
secure password, but I doubt that lightdm doesn't work with a simple
password such as "cat1234", "dog5678" or "12345678", when such a less
secure password was chosen by command line.

How did you notice that lightdm doesn't work with a simple
password, chosen by command line? Did you get a message? Is there an
entry in the log file saying this?

You did not enter your simple password, while by accident caps lock was
active or something like this?

Regards,
Ralf





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