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Subject:    Re: [PATCH] passwd ENABLE_FEATURE_PASSWD_WEAK_CHECK and weak password but still allowed to change pa
From:       Tito <farmatito () tiscali ! it>
Date:       2018-08-10 5:46:53
Message-ID: eed799a2-c53a-1db2-8708-bc17a2c5a3de () tiscali ! it
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On 09/08/2018 23:47, haroon maqsood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in case the desired behavior is to allow password change in case of this 
> feature is enabled and password is weak, please ignore my misunderstanding.
> 
> i think myuid !=0 is an unecessary check as it depends on feature 
> ENABLE_FEATURE_PASSWD_WEAK_CHECK not on myuid,
> 
> why is myuid checked here ?, the comment says non-root users are not 
> allowed to have weak passwords , can you explain ?

Hi,
Because the root user is allowed to set a weak password
if he wants to, but normal users are not allowed to set weak passwords
as password policy is mandatory for them.
Ciao,
Tito

> it shouldn't matter who the user is as long as the feature is enabled 
> the password shouldn't be week.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Haroon
> 
> 
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