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seems archiva 2.2 ignoring security properties
i following document: have set security.properties file under

d:\apache\archiva-2.2.0\conf 

when setting new password user in archiva ui still getting:

     must provide password containing @ least 1 numeric character(s).    

security.properties content:

# security policies #security.policy.password.encoder= security.policy.password.previous.count=9999 security.policy.password.expiration.days=99999 security.policy.password.expiration.enabled=false security.policy.allowed.login.attempt=3  # password rules security.policy.password.rule.alphanumeric.enabled=false security.policy.password.rule.alphacount.enabled=false security.policy.password.rule.alphacount.minimum=0 security.policy.password.rule.characterlength.enabled=true security.policy.password.rule.characterlength.minimum=3 security.policy.password.rule.characterlength.maximum=0 security.policy.password.rule.musthave.enabled=false security.policy.password.rule.numericalcount.enabled=false security.policy.password.rule.numericalcount.minimum=0 security.policy.password.rule.reuse.enabled=false security.policy.password.rule.nowhitespace.enabled=true 

stop running , make backup of conf/archiva.xml file.

example:

service archiva stop cp archiva.xml archiva.xml.orig 

edit config values want modify within main xml configuration file: conf/archiva.xml

changing numeric character count:

<numericalcount>     <minimum>0</minimum>     <enabled>false</enabled> </numericalcount> 

changing password expiration limit:

<expiration>     <enabled>false</enabled>     <days>999999</days> </expiration> 

these values should in config file (they in mine). perhaps copied there after unsuccessful attempts configure them through web ui.

additionally, prevent user caching behaviour while you're making changes:

<useuserscache>false</useuserscache> 

start again:

service archiva start 

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