Changeset 14999 for gsdl/trunk/src/recpt/userdb.cpp

Timestamp:

2008-02-22T11:15:43+13:00 (16 years ago)

Author:

davidb

Message:

Password limit was restricted to max 8 chars. This has been increased to 128.

File:

• gsdl/trunk/src/recpt/userdb.cpp (modified) (1 diff)

gsdl/trunk/src/recpt/userdb.cpp

@@ -152 +152 @@
 bool userdbclass::password_ok (const text_t &password) 
 {
-  if (password.size() < 3 || password.size() > 8) return false;
+  // DB: 20/02/08. Why mustn't the password exceed 8 chars, 
+  // windows 3.1 complicance?  Even then this doesn't make sense to me
+  // as storing this in GDBM wouldn't trigger a 8-char limit
+
+  // Have increased this to 128.  Not because I think someone will type
+  // in something that long, but some encryptions schemes (e.g. wireless
+  // networks) work with such lengths and someone one day might like
+  // to use such a generated password in Greenstone.
+  // 
+
+  if (password.size() < 3 || password.size() > 128) return false;
 
   text_t::const_iterator here = password.begin();