Manual:$wgMinimalPasswordLength
This feature was removed from MediaWiki core in version 1.42.0. Please see $wgPasswordPolicy's MinimalPasswordLength for an alternative way to use this feature. |
User accounts, authentication: $wgMinimalPasswordLength | |
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Specifies the minimal length of a user password. |
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Introduced in version: | 1.5.0 (r7317) |
Deprecated in version: | 1.26.0 (Gerrit change 206156; git #1a20dc) |
Removed in version: | 1.42.0 (Gerrit change 995047; git #2d66025f) |
Allowed values: | (nonnegative integer) |
Default value: | 8 (1.40+)
0 (1.5-1.15) |
Other settings: Alphabetical | By function |
Details
Specifies the minimal length of a user password.
If you change this value, users with a password shorter than your new $wgMinimalPasswordLength
, have to change their password the next time they log in.
If set to 0, empty passwords are allowed.
Since 1.26 deprecated in favor of $wgPasswordPolicy .