Fix for bug 94618: remove restrictions on valid characters in passwords. If crypt() takes it, why shouldn't we?

Patch by Myk Melez <myk@mozilla.org>
r= justdave@syndicomm.com

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/checksetup.pl b/checksetup.pl
index d8414e6c3..14a58eee0 100755
--- a/checksetup.pl
+++ b/checksetup.pl
@@ -1508,9 +1508,8 @@ _End_Of_SQL_
         chomp $pass1;
         if(! $pass1 ) {
           print "\n\nIt's just plain stupid to not have a password.  Try again!\n";
-        } elsif ( $pass1 !~ /^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{3,16}$/ ) {
-          print "The password must be 3-16 characters in length 
-                 and contain only letters, numbers, hyphens (-), and underlines (_).";
+        } elsif ( $pass1 !~ /^.{3,16}$/ ) {
+          print "The password must be 3-16 characters in length.";
         }
       }
       print "\nPlease retype the password to verify: ";