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[Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't mind if control-center dropped its own checks and leaves the
strength checking to PAM. There is already cracklib and other PAM
plugins which check password quality for all interfaces (not just
control-center).

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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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