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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: alfblack on August 05, 2006, 08:23:58 AM

Title: Too high password security
Post by: alfblack on August 05, 2006, 08:23:58 AM

Greetings

SME is working right. I was going to try and add some users.

In the web interface.
Creating a test account. I got stuck in entering the password. :(

passwords I've tried are
* 7-8 charaters in lenght
* mix of letters and numbers with a dash of mixed case letters

But I couldnt get SME to accept them! :(

In despiration I ussued the command

passwd <username>

but in the web interface, it said it wasnt "activated" and cant login with those credentials.

I need help in..
* Is there a way to tone down the password strictness?
I think a dictionary check, and username not equals password might be sufficient
* And is there a way to manually "activate" the account via command line or something.

TIA! :D

Title: Too high password security
Post by: JonB on August 05, 2006, 08:34:07 AM

The SME7 FAQ's show how to change the password level or if you had looked there is a thread 10 below this one with the same question and the answer.

Title: Too high password security
Post by: alfblack on August 05, 2006, 10:18:57 AM

My appologies for not looking hard enough. And thank you very much for the pointer.

It will have more time devoted with SME now.

Title: Re: Too high password security
Post by: raem on August 05, 2006, 10:44:27 AM

alfblack

> mix of letters and numbers with a dash of mixed case letters

You only needed to add a special character or two & it would have worked eg &%$!*@ etc
Now I assume you have downgraded your security by having weak passwords which was not necessary to do.