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Maintenance: correct the password policy defaults - #1375

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The three defaults on the password page were documented as they were before commit f63577633f changed them, so a fresh install now disagrees with the page on every one of them.

Claim -> source anchor (zammad origin/develop @ c3579d34d9):

  • Maximum failed logins defaults to 5, not 10 db/seeds/settings.rb:2354 (password_max_login_failed, state: 5)
  • 2 lower case and 2 upper case characters defaults to yes, not no db/seeds/settings.rb:2263 (password_min_2_lower_2_upper_characters, state: true)
  • Minimum length defaults to 10, not 6 db/seeds/settings.rb:2237 (password_min_size, state: 10)

The ranges in the surrounding prose still match the seed option lists (password_min_size 4-20, password_max_login_failed 4-20). The other two defaults on the page (digit required yes, special character required no) are unchanged and were re-checked against db/seeds/settings.rb:2289,2315.

The three defaults on the password page were documented as they were
before commit f63577633f changed them, so a fresh install now disagrees
with the page on every one of them.

Claim -> source anchor (zammad origin/develop @ c3579d34d9):

- Maximum failed logins defaults to 5, not 10
  db/seeds/settings.rb:2354 (password_max_login_failed, state: 5)
- 2 lower case and 2 upper case characters defaults to yes, not no
  db/seeds/settings.rb:2263
  (password_min_2_lower_2_upper_characters, state: true)
- Minimum length defaults to 10, not 6
  db/seeds/settings.rb:2237 (password_min_size, state: 10)

The ranges in the surrounding prose still match the seed option lists
(password_min_size 4-20, password_max_login_failed 4-20). The other two
defaults on the page (digit required yes, special character required no)
are unchanged and were re-checked against db/seeds/settings.rb:2289,2315.
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