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Bug 425228

Summary:	Error logging in at portal
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Roger Light <roger>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	denis.roy, jrn
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Roger Light

2014-01-09 16:14:21 EST

I have problems logging in to the portal page at https://dev.eclipse.org/portal/myfoundation/portal/portal.php I get "invalid user or password" errors.

It's a bit tedious to debug because of the need to reset the password and the possibility that an old session still works, but I'm pretty certain that it is down to the password. After changing to a simpler password it seems to be fine.

The problem password was:

M:lLb^]zd~KP|z5$bf+$j02k;V`V]NaNz%5ePfDbsa'8E@P%yiPnjm{X<WH#+zJ

Comment 1 Denis Roy

2014-09-11 11:48:11 EDT

Seriously?

Comment 2 Roger Light

2014-09-11 13:35:19 EDT

Yup :)

I'm not going to disagree that it might seem an excessively complex password, but it's what the tool I use generates and it's easiest  to just copy/paste rather than edit down. Does no harm either normally.

It's been a while, but I think the problem was that wherever the password change form is, there is no limit on length whilst there is a maximum length on the password boxes elsewhere. It might be as simple as rejecting too-long passwords at the change page.

Comment 3 Jonathan Nieder

2015-11-16 16:54:32 EST

I was hit by this, too (with a different password, presumably hitting the same bug).

Is the list of forbidden characters in passwords documented somewhere?

Comment 4 Eclipse Genie

2017-11-06 14:33:46 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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Comment 5 Denis Roy

2017-11-06 14:36:40 EST

FWIW, the portal is deprecated and most everything has moved elsewhere. Closing as wontfix.