Topic: Reducing password complexity

[Ronicus]

I am installing SME Server v7 into an intranet environment and the server has no internet connectivity but yet each user has to have a rediculously complex password still.

How do i allow users to select easier passwords.  Maybe reducing length to 6 chars, ditching special chars and allowing all numerical if they want....

thanks in advance, Ron

[Ronicus]

nevermind...  so much for the search.
I entered the word 'password' into the search but it didnt pickup the thread i found by just browsing longer...  

Users are complaining the password strength checking is too strong. How do I change it?
First a warning – Far too many systems out there have weak passwords and they *will* be broken into. Educating your users on the necessity of strong passwords is the best option. If that fails, here is how you change the password strength checking from 'strong' to 'normal', which was the setting in previous versions of SME. Be careful to use the exact capitalization.

*config setprop passwordstrength Users normal
*config setprop passwordstrength Ibays normal


It is also possible, but strongly discouraged, to disable password strength checking:


*config setprop passwordstrength Users none
*config setprop passwordstrength Ibays none


This issue was first reported here:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=615772&&aid=1228269&group_id=96750