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type: reference, howto
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# Custom password length limits
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The user password length is set to a minimum of 8 characters by default.
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To change that for installations from source:
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1. Edit `devise_password_length.rb`:
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```sh
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cd /home/git/gitlab
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sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb.example config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb
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sudo -u git -H editor config/initializers/devise_password_length.rb
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```
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1. Change the new password length limits:
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```ruby
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config.password_length = 12..128
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```
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In this example, the minimum length is 12 characters, and the maximum length
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is 128 characters.
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1. [Restart GitLab](../administration/restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source)
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for the changes to take effect.
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