Debian bug report logs - #1022 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1022: No message for 'easy' pasword Reply-To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 06201112234368; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:12:23 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sO1Cj-0005nRC; Tue, 20 Jun 95 04:10 PDT Received: from mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (zeus.wi.leidenuniv.nl) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA18945 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 20 Jun 1995 04:09:15 -0700 Received: from ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl (jdassen@ind156a [132.229.128.220]) by mailhost.WI.LeidenUniv.NL (8.6.10a/FHM-1.20-M) with ESMTP id NAA26381 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 13:10:38 +0200 (MET) From: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Organization: Leiden University, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands Received: from (jdassen@localhost) by ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl (8.6.9/FHM-1.03-S) id LAA03430 for debian-bugs@pixar.com; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:08:30 GMT (MET) Message-Id: <199506201108.LAA03430@ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 13:08:29 +0200 (MDT) Return-Receipt-To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL X-Home-Page: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 (modified)] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 842 Package: base Version: 0.93R5 [Reported by a friend] When a user supplies an 'easy' password (e.g. lower case only), the install rejects this _without giving any indication of the cause of rejection_; this can cause users to think that the install has gone in an infinite loop. Suggestion: if a password is reject, print a message like "That password is not safe enough; please use a password with a combination of upper and lower case characters, and preferably including non-alphanumeric characters". Regards, Ray -- J.H.M. Dassen | RUMOUR Believe all you hear. Your world may jDassen@wi.LeidenUniv.Nl | not be a better one than the one the blocks Dassen@stpc.wi.LeidenUniv.Nl | live in but it'll be a sight more vivid. | - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen) Subject: Bug#1022: Acknowledgement (was: No message for 'easy' pasword) In-Reply-To: <199506201108.LAA03430@ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl> References: <199506201108.LAA03430@ind156a.wi.leidenuniv.nl> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1022" or "Re: Bug#1022" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1022: No message for 'easy' pasword Reply-To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 21:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 21:33:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 062021212216520; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 21:21:22 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sOAiW-0005hHC; Tue, 20 Jun 95 14:20 PDT Received: from netcom19.netcom.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA18967 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:18:48 -0700 Received: from DialupEudora by netcom19.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id OAA15888; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:19:20 -0700 X-Sender: grantbow@netcom19.netcom.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:18:39 -0700 To: jdassen@WI.LeidenUniv.NL (J.H.M.Dassen), debian-bugs@pixar.com From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) At 4:08 AM 6/20/95, J.H.M.Dassen wrote: >Package: base >Version: 0.93R5 > >[Reported by a friend] > >When a user supplies an 'easy' password (e.g. lower case only), >the install rejects this _without giving any indication of the cause >of rejection_; this can cause users to think that the install has >gone in an infinite loop. Actually, take a look at bug report #997. I gave a step-by-step description of what happened to me when I installed the base system, and it started looping. I have not (0/3) gotten a base installed without looping yet. The easy password is actually accepted, I believe. It was accepted and used during my initial installations. I have not yet tried it with a complex password. Also, when I retest, it would help if I knew where can I find the code that defines an "easy password?" >Suggestion: if a password is reject, print a message like >"That password is not safe enough; please use a password with > a combination of upper and lower case characters, and preferably > including non-alphanumeric characters". Ray, I am not sure that the password was really rejected. My simple password was accepted and I used it to log in to fix my looping problem. I can do another format and reinstall of my little test base system if it's genuine, but I would first like to know what makes him think the password was rejected? Who is your friend? I don't want to make you a messenger when asking about these specfics. I doubt you would like it and I think I might be able to narrow it down quicker if I e-mail him (or him me) or whatever. Without testing it, I have a hunch that the looping is not due to the password, and that it was just a coincidence. I will let you know when I try another base install if this is actually the case. Regards, -- -- Grant R. Bowman AdvoTech -- Computer and Software Asset Manaagement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Subject: Bug#1022: Info received (was Bug#1022: No message for 'easy' pasword) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1022" or "Re: Bug#1022" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 15:48:22 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t39wj-000GoHC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:48 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11678 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:47:58 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:51 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com reassign 1022 (base) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov