Fedora23 workstation install

[Janina Sajka]

Well, I don't know. You're using some kind of graphical widget, and I
don't bother with those. I simply open a console/terminal and enter the
passwd command. I get no molly coddling from the passwd command.

PS: Of course, you need to be root, to modify root's passwd.

Jude DaShiell writes:
> There is no such widget in fedora installer so far as I know.  What
> repeatedly happens on both fedora23workstation-x86-64 and
> fedora24workstation-x86-64-beta is I enter a password for root then I can
> hit enter or tab and enter the same password for confirmation and then hit
> the _done button and am repeatedly told root password not set user account
> will not be created.  The downloaded beta version was from bittorrent and
> Fedora23 was through wget since I couldn't find a torrent for that iso.
> 
> If the fedora spins ever include the orca dependency stack, and if those
> install better than workstation, I'll be able to run orca on kde and start
> testing jovie and kaccessible but there doesn't appear to be any interest in
> that by spin developers.
> 
> I thought in light of the difficulties that prompted this thread Fedora had
> length and character requirements for root passwords like navy passwords
> used to be 14 characters long and you had to have two upper two lower two
> numbers and two symbols in them.
> 
> On Fri, 13 May 2016, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> >Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 15:39:16
> >From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> >Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >    <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> >To: speakup at linux-speakup.org
> >Subject: Re: Fedora23 workstation install
> >
> >afaik, there's no requirement. You could even have an empty passwd. That
> >would be more than foolish, of course, but you could do it. I can tell
> >you that my Fedora passwords are much shorter, for instance.
> >
> >Are you perhaps getting confused by an evaluation widget that gives real time
> >feedback on the strength of your entered password? I believe there's
> >this kind of guidance going on in the graphical environment. My
> >passwords do well on that widget because I avoid correctly spelled
> >dictionary words, and I mix case, numerics, and punctuation into my
> >passwords. Still, the number of chars can be counted on your fingers.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >Janina
> >
> >
> >Jude DaShiell writes:
> >>What are root password security requirements for Fedora23?  How many
> >>characters; what types of characters as minimums?  Passwords I've entered
> >>one of which was 14 characters in length may be too short, but the installer
> >>doesn't complain coherently and explain exactly what is wrong with a
> >>password so I can't tell what I'm doing wrong.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina at rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa