Can't use characters/spacees to login to Mint LXDE

[Hutch]

During installation of Linumint9 Isadora - LXDE Characters and spaces are accepted for passwords but when logging in only alpha/numeric passwords are accepted, therefore the user cannot gain access.

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

In my opinion the installer shouldn't let you use fancy characters and space characters, whether it's in the hostname, username or even password. Marked it as upstream on Ubiquity.

[Dave Hutchison (hutchisondavid0)]

Whilst I accept your position on security, It has always been acceptable in
Linux to use characters in passwords. My point was that in LXDE RC that was
accepted during installation and logging in but in the final version it
allowed characters for installing but the login screen refused to accept
them. I merely wondered if the maintainer was aware of this or not, hence
the report. Otherwise this is my favourite version so far as it meets the
needs of my old system perfectly. Thanks to you and the team once more

On 25 July 2010 10:25, Clement Lefebvre <email address hidden> wrote:

> In my opinion the installer shouldn't let you use fancy characters and
> space characters, whether it's in the hostname, username or even
> password. Marked it as upstream on Ubiquity.
>
> ** Also affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: community.linuxmint.com
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> --
> Can't use characters/spacees to login to Mint LXDE
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609331
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> Status in community.linuxmint.com: Triaged
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> During installation of Linumint9 Isadora - LXDE Characters and spaces are
> accepted for passwords but when logging in only alpha/numeric passwords are
> accepted, therefore the user cannot gain access.
>
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[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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