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Bug 1950468 - root_pass setting does not enforce minimum length of 8 characters as the host and hostgroups forms do
Summary: root_pass setting does not enforce minimum length of 8 characters as the host...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Settings
Version: 6.8.0
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: 6.13.0
Assignee: nalfassi
QA Contact: visawant
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-04-16 16:58 UTC by Taft Sanders
Modified: 2023-05-03 13:20 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: foreman-3.4.0
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Last Closed: 2023-05-03 13:20:33 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 32925 0 Normal New root_pass setting does not enforce minimum length of 8 characters as the host and hostgroups forms do 2021-07-01 09:16:52 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker SAT-14347 0 None None None 2022-12-08 15:59:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2097 0 None None None 2023-05-03 13:20:50 UTC

Description Taft Sanders 2021-04-16 16:58:07 UTC 
Description of problem:
Satellite host groups require an 8 character minimum password setting. Satellite settings > Provisioning > root_pass, has no minimum requirement.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
satellite-6.8.6-1

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a host group and set a password of fewer than 8 characters
2. Set a password in the Satellite settings > Provisioning > root_pass, of less than 8 characters
3.

Actual results:
Host group can't have a password of fewer than 8 characters

Expected results:
Host group root password minimum requirements should match that of the Satellite settings

Additional info:
A user is also not able to unset a password in a host group to allow for use of the default password from Satellite settings > Provisioning > root_pass
Comment 1 Tomer Brisker 2021-07-01 09:12:34 UTC 
Looks like unsetting a hostgroup password does not work only if the root_pass setting is set to less than 8 characters. Since we require 8 characters both in host and hostgroup, it probably makes sense to also enforce the same requirement for the setting. Moving to Settings component.
Comment 2 Tomer Brisker 2021-07-01 09:16:48 UTC 
Created redmine issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32925 from this bug
Comment 3 nalfassi 2022-07-07 12:47:34 UTC 
(In reply to Tomer Brisker from comment #1)
> Looks like unsetting a hostgroup password does not work only if the
> root_pass setting is set to less than 8 characters. Since we require 8
> characters both in host and hostgroup, it probably makes sense to also
> enforce the same requirement for the setting. Moving to Settings component.

I checked this on Sattelite 6.11 and this no longer happens. Meaning that the user can unset a hostgroup password (even if it's less than 8 characters).
Comment 4 Bryan Kearney 2022-07-10 16:03:22 UTC 
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/32925 has been resolved.
Comment 5 Marek Hulan 2022-07-12 08:13:55 UTC 
Cool, thanks for the confirmation Nofar, so the fix that is delivered is actually a validation on the setting.

For QE:
1) Navigate to Administer -> Settings -> Provisioning -> Root password
2) try setting a password shorter than 8 chars, it should not allow you that
3) it still must be possible to set an empty password, users may want to configure it on host group or host level
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-03 13:20:33 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Important: Satellite 6.13 Release), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2097
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