This problem seems to have been identified as a bug. That answers my original question. But... On Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:59:10 AM EST D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > | Samuel Sieb: > | >> 3 retries is the usual thing. > > | Ignoring your particular case, it may stop a bad keyboard, or a typist > | who needs to type slower to accurately enter their password. > > It also makes brute-forcing a little harder. Not a lot. Doesn't anyone read any more. I was *changing* a password -- not entering one to login. What possible purpose could be served by limiting my tries to get one conforming to the silly rules serve? Brut-force what? I am not logging in. -- Garry T. Williams _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
