Bug 1379490 - Installer allows overriding some insecure passwords but not others.
Summary: Installer allows overriding some insecure passwords but not others.
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Martin Kolman
QA Contact: Release Test Team
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Blocks: 1213541
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Reported: 2016-09-27 00:13 UTC by Jerry Hoemann
Modified: 2017-01-16 12:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-01-12 13:30:44 UTC
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2016-09-27 00:13 UTC, Jerry Hoemann
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Description Jerry Hoemann 2016-09-27 00:13:01 UTC
Created attachment 1204996 [details]
Screen shot showing install error message.

Description of problem:

In RHEL 7.3 Snapshot 3(?) started enforcing a minimal length password that cannot be overridden by selecting "Done" twice like other insecure passwords.

Insecure passwords should be treated similarly and allowed if explicitly requested by the installer.

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How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install RHEL 7.3
2.Choose password of 7 characters.
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Actual results:
Cannot force short password.

Expected results:
Should allow if user selects "Done" twice like other insecure passwords (e.g. like one susceptible to a dictionary attack.)  This is what prior versions of anaconda allowed.

Additional info:
Note, the installed kernel still allows root to assign short passwords.

Comment 2 Martin Kolman 2016-09-27 09:48:44 UTC
This is basically 2 issues:
- Anaconda requiring passwords to be at least 8 characters long
- Anaconda not allowing the override to use weak passwords
Both issues should be fixed as of anaconda-21.48.22.93-1, which will most probably be in the next snapshot.

Comment 3 Jerry Hoemann 2016-09-30 16:45:32 UTC
Tested snapshot 5.  Issue fixed.

Comment 4 Samantha N. Bueno 2017-01-12 13:30:44 UTC
Closing based on comment 3. (Belated) thanks for the feedback.


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