Bug 1384605 - Password field on login page is only 32 chars long
Summary: Password field on login page is only 32 chars long
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Spacewalk
Classification: Community
Component: WebUI
Version: 2.5
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Grant Gainey
QA Contact: Red Hat Satellite QA List
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-13 16:18 UTC by Francesco Ciocchetti
Modified: 2017-10-03 18:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-10-03 18:56:38 UTC

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2016-10-13 16:18 UTC, Francesco Ciocchetti 		no flags Details
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Description Francesco Ciocchetti 2016-10-13 16:18:13 UTC 
Created attachment 1210201 [details]
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Description of problem:
The maximum length for a password in the Login page is 32 characters . When using PAM Backend , to LDAP or any other, it is possible to have a password longer than that , mine is 42 , that makes it impossible to authenticate. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Spacewalk 2.5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable PAM for LDAP Authentication
2. Have a password longer than 32 chars
3. Try to login

Actual results:
Login Fail

Expected results:
Login Succed

Additional info:
Screenshot of inspected HTML attached , live changing the maximum length to 50 makes the login work as expected
Comment 1 Francesco Ciocchetti 2016-10-14 12:23:42 UTC 
as it turns out this can be set in rhn.conf

https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2011-May/msg00147.html
Comment 2 Grant Gainey 2017-10-03 18:56:38 UTC 
As noted in #c1, this is controlled by site-configuration. Closing as notabug
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