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Werk #15684: password: empty strings should not be allowed as passwords

Component REST API
Title password: empty strings should not be allowed as passwords
Date May 30, 2023
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.3.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0p1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p29 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

When creating or editing a password, the rest-api schema would previously allow an empty string to be set. This werk addresses this issue by only allowing passwords of length 1 or more.

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