[15:01] <cr3> hi folks, does the preseeded password need to be 8 characters or more?
[15:08] <ogra> iirc the QA lab uses ubuntu/ubuntu for preseeded test installs
[15:09] <cr3> ogra: strange, I have a vague recollection that ubuntu stopped working at some point. perhaps there's some d-i variable that overrides password checking...
[15:09] <ogra> might be, i rarely use preseeding
[15:10] <ogra> probably asknsome QA person
[15:10] <ogra> s/n/ /
[15:10] <ogra> i just know its their default
[15:11] <xnox> cr3: d-i passwd/user-password password !ubuntu123
[15:11] <xnox> is what qa use.
[15:11] <xnox> https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~javier.collado/ubuntu-test-cases/desktop/view/head:/preseeds/default.cfg
[15:11] <ogra> oh, it changed then
[15:12] <xnox> but manually i recall setting up smaller passwords, not sure what changed. you chould check usersetup in d-i & ubiquity.
[15:12] <xnox> (as in the source code)
[15:12] <cr3> xnox: did you have to add "123" because just "ubuntu" stopped working at some point?
[15:12] <cr3> xnox: I haven't checked out the source in a while, maybe I should refresh my memory
[15:14] <xnox> cr3: i did not write that preseed file. and I don't know why 123 is in there.
[15:15] <xnox> cr3: read the source code if you want to hunt down the reason (if there is one)
[15:27] <johnsterdotcom> d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true
[15:35] <cjwatson> Indeed, what he said.
[16:16] <cr3> johnsterdotcom: thanks! I had looked in the preseed.txt.gz of the installation-guide-* package, it's indeed there but I didn't notice it :(
[16:20] <johnsterdotcom> no problem, glad I could help :)