Thanks for the report; I've unflagged this as a security vulnerability, since it seems like a regular bug. (It is a bug in the authentication system, but not one that compromises security.)
** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security issue -- can't create passwords greater then 8 characters https://launchpad.net/bugs/75536 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs