README.md

canvas_customize_passwords

Customize password requirements for Canvas LMS

Installation

Clone this repo into gems/plugins and restart the server.

Login with the a site admin account and head over to /plugins in the browser.

Find the plugin Canvas Customize Passwords and click into it. Enable the plugin and configure as desired.

Javascript patch

In order to get an error message for the complexity requirement, you must patch some Canvas javascript.

Find the file ui/shared/pseudonyms/backbone/models/Pseudonym.coffee.

There will be an errorMap function with a password section. Add too_simple: I18n.t("errors.too_simple", "Must contain a special, numerical, uppercase, and lowercase character") to that password section.

Here is a diff:

diff --git a/ui/shared/pseudonyms/backbone/models/Pseudonym.coffee b/ui/shared/pseudonyms/backbone/models/Pseudonym.coffee
index 8126cc20bb..9b73c6a085 100644
--- a/ui/shared/pseudonyms/backbone/models/Pseudonym.coffee
+++ b/ui/shared/pseudonyms/backbone/models/Pseudonym.coffee
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export default class Pseudonym extends Backbone.Model
       too_long:     I18n.t("errors.too_long", "Can't exceed %{max} characters", {max: 255})
       taken:        I18n.t("errors.sis_taken", "The SIS ID is already in use")
     password:
+      too_simple:   I18n.t("errors.too_simple", "Must contain a special, numerical, uppercase, and lowercase character")
       too_short:    I18n.t("errors.too_short", "Must be at least %{min} characters", {min: policy.min_length})
       sequence:     I18n.t("errors.sequence", "Can't incude a run of more than %{max} characters (e.g. abcdef)", {max: policy.max_sequence})
       common:       I18n.t("errors.common", "Can't use common passwords (e.g. \"password\")")