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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks :)

Oh, some ways to reproduce this:

Try changing to the password “aaaaa1.” You will be told that the
password is too simple. (Interestingly, this doesn't happen with
“password,” perhaps because it exceeds the length requirement).

Try to enter a new password that contains a subset of your current
password. For example, if your password is “password,” change to
“passw1.” You will be told that the passwords are too similar.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/821765

Title:
  The user account password requirements should be less strict

Status in GNOME Control Center:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The password field in the User Accounts panel enforces corporatey
  password requirements. Passwords must be a particular length, must not
  be "too simple", and cannot be similar to existing passwords. Consider
  a case where a user accidentally enters a password with caps lock
  turned on. There will be no way to solve this without choosing a
  different password altogether. Also because of this requirement, one
  cannot change a hint for an existing password.

  Ubuntu aims to be an easy to use operating system at home - one that
  doesn't demand too much from the user. So, this feature should
  probably be turned off in our case.

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