Ubuntu
gdm package

15 character password limit in GNOME login

Bug #81559 reported by Roger Mathisen
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gdm (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

GNOME login window allows maximum 15 characters in the password field.
Why not give the same limit to the GUI, 'users and groups' or remove this limit?

Workaround:
Had to login in terminal mode and change my password (sudo passwd USERNAME) to get back in.

Using Ubuntu 6.10

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. Login with a 20 chars password works fine for me and other people have no problem user a password longer than 15 chars neither. What locale do you use? Do you use a ome non ascii char? That could be a duplicate from bug #70901

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Roger Mathisen (roger-mathisen) wrote : Re: [Bug 81559] Re: 15 character password limit in GNOME login

I guess you are right about the duplicate bug report. Sorry about that.
My password contained the characters ø and å. This worked fine when
updating though.

I'm far from a linux expert. But I found out from the language support
that my default language is 'English (Australia)'. No other languages
is installed.

On 1/26/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug. Login with a 20 chars password works fine for me
> and other people have no problem user a password longer than 15 chars
> neither. What locale do you use? Do you use a ome non ascii char? That
> could be a duplicate from bug #70901
>
> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
> Status: Confirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> 15 character password limit in GNOME login
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/81559
>

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

what do you have to /etc/environment?

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