The problem of the password selection is that is not only used for administration purposes (sudo) where a very safe environment is highly recommended. But the password is often used simply to login in the machine, also just after few minutes the user was away from it. In the latter case, an increasing of typo errors would result in frustration for the user. This of course would be different if login and sudo would use different authentication systems (eg. login through gesture, like on mobile).
While someone accessing your local machine might be able to access also your web services, the number of people who can try to hack it is infinitely smaller. The user should be discouraged of using very simple passwords but not forbidden, especially if the password has a fair amount of letters. Is your computer password as complex as the one of your gmail account? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939595 Title: User can't set simple passwords for his local machine Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: At least until the user created in Ubuntu is not a web user, it shouldn't be a requirement to have a complex password. The user insert the password to their desktop often and don't want to increase the chances to make typos. This requirement is in place both in the User Accounts panel in System Settings and with the command "passwd". The work around is to remove "obscure" in line 25 of /etc/pam.d /common-password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/939595/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
