Description of problem: When a user's password begins with an asterisk, the up2date utility (both graphical and text) returns with an error that the password cannot be all asterisks. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Confirmed for: up2date-4.2.57-2 and up2date-4.4.5-1 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to enter a password that starts with an asterisk 2. Observe the result 3. Actual results: Error Message: password can not be all asterisks '*' Error Class Code: 15 Error Class Info: The username contains invalid characters. Explanation: An error has occurred while processing your request. [...] Expected results: Should work Additional info: As a side note, the RHN web site DOES allow a password of all asterisks.
Looks to be just reporting the error message the server is sending back, so opening a bug against the server code. Keeping this bug open till the exception in the cli is handled correctly.
Adding this to the RHN Update Agent for RHEL 3 U6 tracking bug - just to make sure we don't lose it while making sure it's really only server side.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155379 ***