[Bug]: New password length requirements breaks login for users

[richardARPANET]

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Summary

lemmy-ui:0.19.1
lemmy:0.19.1

In an older version users could register with passwords <10 chars, in the new version frontend code you can only login with 10+ chars. This means users with old shorter passwords cannot login to the board.

Please add a fix, or a config option to make the password min length shorter so these users may login. Thanks

Steps to Reproduce

As above.

Technical Details

As above.

Version

0.19.1

Lemmy Instance URL

No response

[dessalines]

I'm not sure the best way to fix this... possibly a DB migration that fills an extra character until it hits the 10 char minimum, for passwords < 10 chars.

[richardARPANET]

I would suggest

1. Keep the new min chars limit on the sign up form
2. Remove it from the UI on the login form. (If I edit the login form HTML it lets me login with a short password)