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Posted January 30, 20169 yr About This File This plugin will change the behaviour of all PASSWORD fields on IPS4, by allowing the administrator to set the minimum length for the passwords. IPS4 default is 3 characters. IMPORTANT: BE ADVISED THAT EXISTING USERS WITH PASSWORD LENGTH LESS THAN THE SETTING VALUE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOGIN. THEY WILL HAVE TO USE THE RESET PASSWORD FEATURE ON LOGIN SCREEN, BY CLICKING IN THE LINK "FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD?".
January 30, 20169 yr If a users current password is less than the newly defined minimum, they can't login. Tested by setting a new accounts password to 4 characters, enabled the plugin with a minimum 8 characters, this new account then fails to login with the error message stating the minimum password length is 8 characters. Wouldn't it be helpful if it was to allow user to login but then ask them to update their password.
January 30, 20169 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Valthos said: Wouldn't it be helpful if it was to allow user to login but then ask them to update their password. I don't think there's an workaround for this. The link to remember password doesn't appear?
January 30, 20169 yr 1 minute ago, Adriano Faria said: I don't think there's an workaround for this. The link to remember password doesn't appear? If they can't login, how would the system remember their password?
January 30, 20169 yr Author You don't need to login to use the password remember! It wouldn't have no sense if I need to inform the password. It will ask your email or username!
January 30, 20169 yr Oh do you mean password reset? Thought you meant the remember me function. Yes that's still there.
January 30, 20169 yr Author Yes. I don't think there's much else to do. Better create a topic in a forum or send a bulk email telling users to reset the password.
January 30, 20169 yr Author Added the following notice to the file: "IMPORTANT: BE ADVISED THAT EXISTING USERS WITH PASSWORD LENGTH LESS THAN THE SETTING VALUE WON'T BE ABLE TO LOGIN. THEY WILL HAVE TO USE THE RESET PASSWORD FEATURE ON LOGIN SCREEN, BY CLICKING IN THE LINK "FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD?".
January 31, 20169 yr Create file, by read above! What? I'm not going to install if there are problems
January 31, 20169 yr Author 4 hours ago, EmpireKickAss said: I'm not going to install if there are problems There is no problem with the file. It's kinda logical: if a user uses a password with 4 chars and you change to 10, he won't login. He needs to create another password. And FWIW: that's exacly why IPS doesn't change it after all those years.
April 25, 20168 yr Author What's New in Version 1.0.1: Fix: the existing users will still be able to keep logging in on your board. They will be required to use new password length when they change their password.
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