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Switch off using blank passwords for login There is now a config.ini setting [web] login_empty_passwords to enable logins for users without a password set. By default it's off and every user must have a password.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Mon, 23 May 2022 17:31:50 -0400
parents 120b0bb05b6e
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67 The increase in indexed word length also affects whoosh and xapian 67 The increase in indexed word length also affects whoosh and xapian
68 backends. You may want to run ``roundup-admin -i tracker_home 68 backends. You may want to run ``roundup-admin -i tracker_home
69 reindex`` if you want to index or search for longer words in your full 69 reindex`` if you want to index or search for longer words in your full
70 text searches. Re-indexing make take some time. 70 text searches. Re-indexing make take some time.
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72 Check new login_empty_passwords setting
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75 In this version of Roundup, users with a blank password are not
76 allowed to login. Blank passwords have been allowed since 2002, but
77 2022 is a different time. If you have a use case that requires a user
78 to login without a password, set the ``login_empty_passwords`` setting
79 in the ``web`` section of ``config.ini`` to ``yes``.
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72 Check compression settings (optional) 81 Check compression settings (optional)
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75 Read the `administration guide`_ section on `Configuring Compression`_. 84 Read the `administration guide`_ section on `Configuring Compression`_.

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