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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: mmellon on February 03, 2008, 08:13:58 PM
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hello all,
I did search to no avail, but apologize if I've missed this covered elsewhere - the only mention I found was from v5.6 in the legacy forums describing the very same problem with no solution/no replies.
with a clean/new 7.3 install (server/gateway mode, protected by a hardware firewall while I test), I have created 2 users. I have "reset passwords" under users in server-manager. I have some complex passwords with numbers, punctuation and mix of caps/lowercase letters. length is about 10 characters. All I get after setting the password is a blank page -- no error message, no ok message, and no dice accessing the account.
what am i foolishly missing? I'm so impressed with SME, and am very grateful for all the hard work that's gone into it. I'm really embarrased that with my first production installation test, I can't even create a user that can log in.
thanks in advance for any help!
--Matt
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ps... the "view log" with "messages" option shows absolutely no updates after getting the blank page when "setting" the user's password. It appears that the reset-password option doesn't actually try to do anything. This did not appear anywhere in bugzilla, and few if any other users of SME seem to have this problem. I'm baffled.....
--matt
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with a clean/new 7.3 install (server/gateway mode, protected by a hardware firewall while I test), I have created 2 users. I have "reset passwords" under users in server-manager. I have some complex passwords with numbers, punctuation and mix of caps/lowercase letters. length is about 10 characters. All I get after setting the password is a blank page -- no error message, no ok message, and no dice accessing the account.
Please report bugs and potential bugs in the bug tracker. Thanks. Also tell us an example of a 10 character password your using as I've never seen any one experience the issue your mentioning on a new fresh install of 7.3.
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I have opened:
http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3860
Thanks. Stumped.
--Matt
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Soooo embarassed.
I started to test different punctuation characters and found that a semicolon
was the offending character.
I'm *so* sorry to have bothered you. Perhaps a "catch" or "trap" would have
prevented a dope like me from continuing to use a semicolon.
When I tried a too-short and punctuation-free password, I was brought to an
appropriate warnnig screen. When I tried periods in place of semicolons, tada!
*Many* thanks to the cooler heads responding....
Very sincerely yours,
--Matt
ps... I leave it to you to please mark "resolved" if that is appropriate.
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Why close the bug so quickly?
I would think some sort of warning is required that the password entered does not meet the password requirements.
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mmellon
FYI
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Password_Strength_Checking
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Thanks again. In the password FAQ, there is no mention of the semicolon:
"strong: The password is passed through Cracklib for dictionary type word checking as well as requiring upper case, lower case, number, non alpha and a mimimum length of 7 characters."
I'm guessing it is problematic b/c it is reserved in sql, and must present an issue for sme's database structure, which justdidn't occurto me until someone pointed out that there might be an offending character.
--Matt
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Thanks again. In the password FAQ, there is no mention of the semicolon:
"strong: The password is passed through Cracklib for dictionary type word checking as well as requiring upper case, lower case, number, non alpha and a mimimum length of 7 characters."
Semi-colon is non-alpha.
I'm guessing it is problematic b/c ...
To all:
Please don't guess. Just report anything which doesn't "just work" via the bug tracker. Thanks.