gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/security/password_length_limits.md

# Custom password length limits

If you want to enforce longer user passwords you can create an extra Devise initializer with the steps below.

If you do not use the `devise_password_length.rb` initializer the password length is set to a minimum of 8 characters in `config/initializers/devise.rb`.

```bash
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb.example config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb
sudo -u git -H editor config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb   # inspect and edit the new password length limits
```
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Explain where the default password validation is 2014-01-13 05:43:22 -05:00			If you do not use the `devise_password_length.rb` initializer the password length is set to a minimum of 8 characters in `config/initializers/devise.rb`.
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			```bash
			`cd /home/git/gitlab`
			`sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb.example config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb`
			`sudo -u git -H editor config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb # inspect and edit the new password length limits`
			```