The problem of the password selection is that is not only used for administration purposes (sudo) where a very safe environment is highly recommended. But the password is often used simply to login in the machine, also just after few minutes the user was away from it. In the latter case, an increasing of typo errors would result in frustration for the user. This of course would be different if login and sudo would use different authentication systems (eg. login through gesture, like on mobile).
While someone accessing your local machine might be able to access also your web services, the number of people who can try to hack it is infinitely smaller. The user should be discouraged of using very simple passwords but not forbidden, especially if the password has a fair amount of letters. Is your computer password as complex as the one of your gmail account? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939595 Title: User can't set simple passwords for his local machine To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/939595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
