[ubuntu-za] Passwords - Bah humbug!

[Wesley Werner]

Hi Bill,  I feel the same about web sites that don't accept certain
characters in passwords. O the irony.

For interest sake,  did you use the interface for this?  The "passwd
username" command may give you better results.
On Apr 27, 2014 12:46 PM, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> So I have my second computer running nicely on 14.04.
>
> I decide that I had better have a second user name on it - just in case I
> break something.
>
> So I make a new user name.
>
> I try to set the password TO THE SAME PASSWORD AS THE ACCOUNT I ALREADY
> HAVE!
>
> No - too weak.
>
> So I use the password that I use for all the silly accounts that insist I
> have a strong password but which I really don't care if the world hacks
> into. Every other password checker says "Strong".
>
> "Not good enough".
>
> Seriously - here is some 12 year old geek telling me that my password is
> not good enough. 12? Mental maturity 8.
>
> If it is any business of those twits in Canonical - this computer is never
> on line except when I am installing software. It has nothing worth hacking
> into (unless you want a history of how not to install new operating
> systems. If I want to open it to the world I will.
>
> AND IT IS NONE OF THEIR BLOODY BUSINESS!
>
> Sorry all. Had to get it off my chest.
>
> Bill
>
> PS - I have loved Ubuntu for 8 years now. I now love Unity. But I hate
> twits.
>
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